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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject: British Summer Time - Don't forget to update your profile |
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A reminder to all that the clocks will go forward tonight and as well as losing an hour's sleep/rest you also need to adjust your Timezone in the forum profile.
From tomorrow morning we will be moving to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+1). So for our UK readers you will all need to change the timezone setting in your profile to GMT either before you go to bed or when you awake to ensure your posts and those of others display the correct time.
The setting can be found in your profile accessed from the link at the top of the forums. In your profile, scroll towards the bottom where you will find the the preferences section and change the Timezone from GMT to GMT+1. If you are not in the UK then you should ensure you are using the correct time offset (+ or -) as necessary.
Unfortunately this has to done manually by every user when the clocks change but it is a simple process. When the clocks go back in the Autumn the process should be reversed.
If you do forget then posts will appear to have been posted an hour earlier so please do make the change, you have been forewarned! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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JockTamsonsBairn Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 2777 Location: Bonnie Scotland (West Central)
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: British Summer Time - Don't forget to update your profil |
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News Team wrote: | A reminder to all that the clocks will go forward tonight and as well as losing an hour's sleep/rest you also need to adjust your Timezone in the forum profile.
From tomorrow morning we will be moving to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+1). So for our UK readers you will all need to change the timezone setting in your profile to GMT either before you go to bed or when you awake to ensure your posts and those of others display the correct time.
The setting can be found in your profile accessed from the link at the top of the forums. In your profile, scroll towards the bottom where you will find the the preferences section and change the Timezone from GMT to GMT+1. If you are not in the UK then you should ensure you are using the correct time offset (+ or -) as necessary.
Unfortunately this has to done manually by every user when the clocks change but it is a simple process. When the clocks go back in the Autumn the process should be reversed.
If you do forget then posts will appear to have been posted an hour earlier so please do make the change, you have been forewarned! | Darren,
Shouldn't that sentence read "From tomorrow morning we will be moving to British Summer Time (GMT+1)."?
Also, when I quoted your post, it seems to contain invalid HTML tags! _________________ Jock
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Oldboy Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 10642 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: British Summer Time - Don't forget to update your profil |
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JockTamsonsBairn wrote: | Also, when I quoted your post, it seems to contain invalid HTML tags! | It's the "greater than" and "less than" symbols used in the Image URL. _________________ Richard
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JockTamsonsBairn Lifetime Member
Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 2777 Location: Bonnie Scotland (West Central)
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: British Summer Time - Don't forget to update your profil |
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Oldboy wrote: | JockTamsonsBairn wrote: | Also, when I quoted your post, it seems to contain invalid HTML tags! | It's the "greater than" and "less than" symbols used in the Image URL. | It's not just that. It seems that Darren's post is different to "normal" posts. For instance, the emboldened word profile is enclosed in "real HTML" tags, LT b GT ... LT /b GT rather than the from a "normal" post. But if I try to post I get the warning, even if I try it in a [code] section!
However, that's only general interest and is way off topic! I still think it is Summer Time _________________ Jock
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry guys, I lazily copied the BST - GMT post from last Autumn and edited it - badly!
Admin's can use HTML primarily because it is a component of the front page news posts which frequently launch a thread here.
I'll not bother editing my post and covering my tracks, but the important bit is that everyone realises that they lose an hour tomorrow and more importantly they update their profile timezone setting!
We preach it every year and every year without fail a dozen members get caught out, we can but try! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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A far more searching question though is why do we still do this twice yearly ritual of putting clocks forwards and backwards, does it actually gain anyone anything these days - Mike |
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253 Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 1058 Location: The green bit between the M40, M4 and M25.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | A far more searching question though is why do we still do this twice yearly ritual of putting clocks forwards and backwards, does it actually gain anyone anything these days - Mike |
Exactly - I work to GMT, my bike clock does, my microwave does, my watch does. Sky plus can do what it wants. _________________ Triumph Tbird 1700. And now a Bonnie T100. |
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navver Regular Visitor
Joined: Dec 12, 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Chipping Sodbury
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, since January 1972, I think the correct teminology should be UTC + 1.
Although I think it's a bit pretentious calling it Universal Time as that implies that the rest of the universe must have agreed to it. |
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G1LIW Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 212 Location: Sahrf Lunnon ;)
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carl_w Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 242
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Just call it Zulu and avoid the confusion ;) |
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G1LIW Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 212 Location: Sahrf Lunnon ;)
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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You know that someone's gonna ask, "What's Zulu, and why're you noting everything as Lima?"
(I hasten to add that I very much do know the differences ;)) _________________ Roger, G1LIW
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NickG Frequent Visitor
Joined: Nov 09, 2003 Posts: 357 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Why not just do it for us by running some SQL?
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UPDATE Members SET TimeZone='BST' WHERE TimeZone = 'GMT' and Country = 'UK'
(or similar)
By the way, the "Click here to read more..." link doesn't work and gives page not found. |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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NickG wrote: | Why not just do it for us by running some SQL?
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UPDATE Members SET TimeZone='BST' WHERE TimeZone = 'GMT' and Country = 'UK'
(or similar)
By the way, the "Click here to read more..." link doesn't work and gives page not found. |
Because loads of members haven't set their location. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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carl_w Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 242
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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G1LIW wrote: | You know that someone's gonna ask, "What's Zulu, and why're you noting everything as Lima?" | Trouble is I can never remember if BST is Alpha or Yankee |
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M8TJT The Other Tired Old Man
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 10118 Location: Bexhill, South Sussex, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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I am fairly certain that Alpha is local time wherever you are. It was when I was in the forces anyway. |
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