04-08-2017, 06:24 PM | #1 |
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Adjusting Time Stamp In This Forum?
Sorry if this is the wrong place for this, but I couldn't find a more relevant sub-forum.
The time stamp this forum uses is not my local time, so it's difficult to tell what time of day someone posted something in a thread I'm participating in. I could not find a place to change the time stamp in the CP. Anyone? TIA! EDIT: Doesn't it always happen this way! Looked again and found it this time under Settings & Options -> Edit Options.... way down the page. Last edited by Trane; 04-08-2017 at 06:28 PM. |
04-08-2017, 08:00 PM | #2 |
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For all these years I've been doing the math in my head whenever I looked at the times. Thank goodness you brought this up and reported on the solution, I can finally see the local times.
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04-09-2017, 04:08 PM | #3 |
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04-12-2017, 10:38 PM | #4 |
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It is easy to miss such things I agree. I imagine you aren't the first to not notice it, nor will you be the last. I've noticed that sometimes when a person wants to adjust a setting that when they look for a way to do it often the solution doesn't present itself easily. I mean depending on the type of browser that a person uses or the release of the same where you click and on what option may not match what instructions are given (in a help dialogue).
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04-13-2017, 12:17 AM | #5 |
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This is why we have a "Feedback" forum, to allow people to ask such questions.
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04-13-2017, 12:32 AM | #6 |
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04-14-2017, 07:50 AM | #7 |
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Who knew it was even a possibility? Not me. And not knowing it was a possibility, why would I have ever thought to ask how to do it?
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04-14-2017, 07:55 AM | #8 |
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I've never been a member of a forum where you couldn't set your local time zone.
Not judgin' ... just sayin' It's one of the first things I do when completing a profile. |
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On some forums the settings are easier to find than on others, but I always set them to my time zone. Apache |
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04-14-2017, 02:02 PM | #10 |
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But, as the saying goes, you don't know what you don't know. Why would I have looked for something I didn't know existed? Especially something that has minimal relevance. If I'm reading a thread, the last item is the last item, whether it was posted an hour ago or five hours ago. I've never bothered to recalculate the time in my head; now I've gone ahead and changed the setting to my time zone, but I could have happily left it just as it was.
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04-14-2017, 11:21 PM | #11 |
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04-15-2017, 04:34 AM | #12 |
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In fairness, the time zone settings are on the same "Options" page as all sorts of other useful things that you almost certainly will want to change.
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04-15-2017, 06:16 AM | #13 |
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I was not criticizing anyone for not knowing. I have always looked at the time stamp on my posts and if they are off I know I need to adjust my settings. It is just something that bothers me if it is incorrect.
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04-15-2017, 12:23 PM | #14 |
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To me, it is a general rule. If it (where 'it' is the time) is off by a multiple of an hour, either the time zone is wrong or DST has changed; time to go digging thru the setting.
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