[wp-testers] Wordpress UTC Time

Matt speedboxer at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 22:30:23 GMT 2007


Well, for a checkbox for "Daylight Savings Time is In Effect" it would be
+1, in North America at least. :P

On 3/21/07, Peter Westwood <peter.westwood at ftwr.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Brian Layman wrote:
> > Daylight Saving Time is +1, because you "Spring" ahead.
> >
>
> Not strictly true.  The change that occurs for DST is variable in a
> number of ways:
> 1. Change is usually +/-1 hour but in some cases in +/- 30 mins.
> 2. Change occurs at different times after midnight - e.g. do you fall
> back at 2am or 3am and spring forward at 1am or 2am.
> 3. Some countries operate backwards DST as they are in the Southern
> Hemisphere.
>
> And don't forget - daylight saving rules change at the whim of the
> current government.
>
> westi
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