What is the time used in these forums?

[Claudio González]

One would tend to assume that the time shown in these forums (for example, the posting times) refer to the USA, although this could be wrong. However, there are (I think) four different time zones in that country. Maybe for the natives it is quite clear what "8:13 AM" means, but it is not at all clear for at least this one inhabitant of another country. Even acronyms such as EPT (I am not sure if I recall this correctly from the old forums) don't mean much to me.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to specify in some clear way what time being used in these forums?

[Guest]

Florida is the wet area. It rains almost every day there.

OMG, it does NOT!  During the rainy season, afternoon showers are likely, but from Nov - May, it's fairly dry (we can go weeks to months without rain) and that's when we can end up in potential drought conditions!  Geesh, PJ, don't spread misinformation like that!

For the record, I *live* in Florida!

[Phillip M Jones]

Hmm Climate must have changed.

when I visited there were showers every day, with the sun out too. this was in 1996. Started out crossing the Georgia/Florida humidy was 99% as soon as we croosed the border at the vistor's station we got out of the car 10 seconds after we got out it felt like we had taken a shower and not dried off. We followed I-95 into Florida.  It was the year they had a Forest fire on both side of I-95 all the way to the turn off to kissimee.

I her on the west side of Florida its cool and humidy is low. while the west side is hot , humids and subject daily showers.

[Guest]

PJ,

it depends on *when* you visit Florida.  If it's between May and October (which is the rainy season), you are likely, in any area of FL, to run into daily showers.  They don't last long, but can happen multiple times.  Yes, that makes it more humid.  BUT, you can't make a blanket statement that FL is the "wet" state ... it's just not true!

If you visit from Nov - May, you are in the "dry" or "drier" season, where there are many nice days, in a row, lower humidity and nice temperatures.

[Phillip M Jones]

greenjumpyone wrote:

PJ,

it depends on *when* you visit Florida.  If it's between May and October (which is the rainy season), you are likely, in any area of FL, to run into daily showers.  They don't last long, but can happen multiple times.  Yes, that makes it more humid.  BUT, you can't make a blanket statement that FL is the "wet" state ... it's just not true!

If you visit from Nov - May, you are in the "dry" or "drier" season, where there are many nice days, in a row, lower humidity and nice temperatures.

I guess I vistited during the monsoon season It was in  first weekend in August. I sure did hate getting my Sunday go to meeting suit wet getting to that convention Center.

Well we better stop or  our moderator will get upset. If you want to continue on privately my email address is shown

[Jhabrix]

PjonesCET wrote:

Hmm Climate must have changed.

Absolutely! It has changed... Or may el ehatever hit you that time???

I her on the west side of Florida its cool and humidy is low. while the west side is hot , humids and subject daily showers.

????? Kind of like a double whammy?

[Phillip M Jones]

Jhabrix wrote:

PjonesCET wrote:

Hmm Climate must have changed.

Absolutely! It has changed... Or may el ehatever hit you that time???

I her on the west side of Florida its cool and humidy is low. while the west  east side is hot, humid and subject daily showers.

????? Kind of like a double whammy?

Sorry my bad, made necessary correction above.

[Jhabrix]

greenjumpyone wrote:

For the record, I *live* in Florida!

Aah.... but do you live in Kissime?

[S_D_A_]

ROFL

[Curt Wrigley]

When you register, you set your time zone.   What is the problem with the times being viewed in your local time zone?  That seems the most helpful way to view times to me.

[Claudio González]

Curt Wrigley wrote:

When you register, you set your time zone.   What is the problem with the times being viewed in your local time zone?  That seems the most helpful way to view times to me.

Yes, this had already been pointed in message #2, and of course I see nothing wrong with it. As a matter of fact, my last message appears as posted at 7:05 PM, which is consistent with my local time (7:17 PM now). However, my opening message in this thread, for example, appears as posted at 6:24 AM today, and I can assure you that I was deeply asleep at that time. Same with my message #14 in this thread

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2229193#2229193

which appears as posted at 5:48 AM.

So I would think that something isn't working properly with the times shown, because I do not switch on computers or write relatively coherent messages while asleep.

[Jacob Bugge]

What Claudio said in post #23.

It was nice in the days of the fair forums, where the original timestamp of each post would be kept, with the addition of the time of latest edit. This would show when the post was posted, and the time span of possibly multiple editing.

Now, the time of latest edit is all we get, along with the resulting (additional) mess when you look at different posts in a thread, unless we do something that at least Claudio and I are reluctant to, as mentioned elsewhere.

[Guest]

Like you and Claudio, I see no reason why I should have to do anything other than set my preferences for my timezone.  I should not *need* add-ons to make a website useable. 

Now, should I *want* the add-ons, that's a different story.  At least, then, it's my choice.  I don't wish to be *forced* into using them so that I can view a site a particular way.

[Guest]

greenjumpyone wrote:

I should not *need* add-ons to make a website useable. 

Are you referring to Foxclocks?  I only mentioned it as a way of checking the time, for example, in California.

My preferences here in the forums are set to my local time.

[Claudio González]

JJ, my preferences have always been fixed to show my local time. Therefore, I don't understand why some messages of mine appear as posted at the right local time while others appear as posted at times I am most definitely sleeping and neither posting nor editing messages, such as around 5 AM.

I wish someone could explain this in a way that is understandable for me.

[Guest]

Claudio

With all the editing, moving and deleting that goes on, I don't think anyone can explain how jive reacts.

[Guest]

John Joslin wrote:

greenjumpyone wrote:

I should not *need* add-ons to make a website useable. 

Are you referring to Foxclocks?  I only mentioned it as a way of checking the time, for example, in California.

My preferences here in the forums are set to my local time.

No, no, John, not Foxclocks!  I am referring to all the hacks and workarounds that others have worked very hard on to make the user experience of this current board more palatable.  I was not aiming in your direcction at all. 

And I agree, I hate that edits change the updated status of the thread, but it still says (for example) 1 day ago.  As Jacob mentioned, the fair forums would keep the original timestamp for the thread, but then list the timestamp for the edits.

I see Claudio's point too ... how come it shows him creating posts in his sleep, when he did nothing to alter his preferences for the forum time display?

[fatbikez]

i see my local time on here

[Kath-H]

I don't - it's 11.12 am here. My post is stamped 8.12 am.

[Harbs.]

When I'm logged in the time is local. When I'm logged out it's not.

Harbs

[Harbs.]

Did you set your time zone in your forum preferences?

Harbs

[Guest]

What do you have set in your forum preferences?

Edit: Too slow!  

[Kath-H]

Ah ha! I'd managed to locate myself in Greenland

[Jacob Bugge]

Is it not hard to see all the icebergs leaving?

[Guest]

Kath-H wrote:

Ah ha! I'd managed to locate myself in Greenland

You were thinking of Greenland Mean Time – No?

[Phillip M Jones]

John Joslin wrote:

Kath-H wrote:

Ah ha! I'd managed to locate myself in Greenland

You were thinking of Greenland Mean Time – No?