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Webmaster - can somebody fix the wayward clock please

Posted by Nigel (Northamptonshire, England) on 03/31/14 01:37 PM

I've been using the all topics view so maybe everything is copasetic in the specific forums, I dunno.

But ever since the latest Big Change (with the More Changes in the Wind) I have been confused by the seemingly random time display of the latest post. Sometimes it is my time, sometimes 3 hours prior (somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic?), sometimes 5 hours earlier (EDT?), sometimes 1 hour earlier. Never seems to be later.

Anyway, it is confusing to me. When I renew a page I usually remember the time of the last post, hit F5 and scroll back down to that time. When its all over the shop my cool goes.

Please?

Thanks.... calm, calm

Posted by Andrea

Sacramento, California U.S.A.

03/31/14 02:03 PM

10587 posts

I've had the same problem Nigel. Since there are way too many topics to click on everything now, I am almost exclusively using All Topics. It's aggravating.

Posted by Andrea

Sacramento, California U.S.A.

03/31/14 02:15 PM

10587 posts

When I posted my above reply about 10 minutes ago the times shown were Pacific time. Now they are Eastern time. What?

Posted by Nigel OP

Northamptonshire, England

03/31/14 02:21 PM

33757 posts

and when I look at your post, Andrea, the post shows my local time, and the list of threads shows CDT. It seems like a lottery.... just watch the balls spin...

Posted by Andrea

Sacramento, California U.S.A.

03/31/14 02:28 PM

10587 posts

Now posts are showing Pacific time again. I don't get it.

Posted by Andrea

Sacramento, California U.S.A.

03/31/14 02:30 PM

10587 posts

I just changed over to General Europe and it's showing Pacific time. For me anyway!

Posted by Ms. Jo

Frankfurt, Germany

03/31/14 02:40 PM

9202 posts

Andrea, I am seeing German time. It pretty much always does. Is there a setting on our profiles for this?

Posted by Andrea

Sacramento, California U.S.A.

03/31/14 02:45 PM

10587 posts

I don't think there is a setting Jo, but it would be a good idea. I don't understand why mine keeps changing.

Posted by Nancy

Corvallis OR

03/31/14 03:18 PM

7153 posts

I also noticed this last week and sent an email to Webmaster but never got a reply (know they're busy so didn't expect one). It seems to be in "All Topics" that there is inconsistency then whey you go into a post it corrects itself. Weird (and annoying), hope they get it fixed.

Posted by Nikky

Seattle, WA

03/31/14 07:20 PM

71 posts

Thanks for reporting this bug regression. A fix has been deployed that should display the times properly again in "All Topics." Be sure to let the webmaster know if you see it pop up again.

Posted by Nigel OP

Northamptonshire, England

03/31/14 09:42 PM

33757 posts

Thank you very much, Nikky.

It seems to have regained its equilibrium.

Many thanks...

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