[wp-testers] Wordpress UTC Time

[Amanda J. Rush]

Speaking for myself, I totally forgot to go in and change the offset, so my
posts have been stamped incorrectly for about the last week and a half.  I
didn't remember to fix it until yesterday.  I think for the end user,
especially for those who are very new at this, that having a form to fill
out to set DST options might be a good idea.  But then, I don't write the
code.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Coulter [mailto:dan at dancoulter.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:40 PM
To: wp-testers at lists.automattic.com
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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