[wp-testers] Wordpress UTC Time

J. Winslow sirthinks at sirthinks.com
Wed Mar 21 23:48:44 GMT 2007


Why not simply stay in UTC +/- local calculation and forget about DST. 
What's an hour here or there for 6 or 7 months a year? (Dependant on the 
whim of the U.S. and Canadian Governments)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Coulter" <dan at dancoulter.com>
To: <wp-testers at lists.automattic.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 17:39
Subject: Re: [wp-testers] Wordpress UTC Time

> On 3/21/07, Amanda J. Rush <amanda at customerservant.com> wrote:
>>
>> We could just call it DST. That would save us that discussion. What about
>> maybe having a section in the general options that contains a check box
>> for
>> using or not using DST, with some combo boxes that allow you to set the
>> parameters? For instance, a combo box with first, second, ETC, followed 
>> by
>> one with the days of the week, then months, then another box with ordinal
>> numbers so that the second parameter can be set?
>
>
> I am of two minds in this discussion.  We need to make sure that we set it
> up so that it's universal.  It can't just work for people in the USA (I 
> type
> from Southern Illinois).  This universality might make the form complex 
> and
> add too many options that need to be set.  This might make it a bad idea.
>
> On the other hand, WordPress should be as easy to use as possible.  It's
> kinda annoying that I have to go in and remember to set the timezone 
> offset
> twice a year or my comments and posts will have incorrect timestamps on
> them.  This is something that seems like a minor issue, but may increase 
> the
> usability for people who want things to just work.
>
>
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