[wp-hackers] peculiar problem on setting GMT

[SoJ Web]

Right, but I'm pretty sure he's not actually setting it to GMT. He  
says he'd set GMT "as" 5:30, but I'm assuming he means GMT+5:30, which  
is Indian Standard Time. I think there's just a bit terminology  
confusion there.


-Jeff

On Apr 14, 2009, at 16:43 PM, Daniel Torreblanca wrote:

> Right, but if the blog is set to GMT, then it's GMT. Offsets aren't
> used in that case.
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:22 PM, SoJ Web <sojweb at indiana.edu> wrote:
>> I think he's referring to the GMT offset.
>>
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>> On Apr 14, 2009, at 16:16 PM, Daniel Torreblanca wrote:
>>
>>> I'm confused... GMT is GMT no matter if you're in India, the US or
>>> Italy, is it not?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:13 PM, technocraze <technocraze at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am facing a peculiar problem now.  We have a corporate blog of  
>>>> around
>>>> 12000 blogs, and in most of the blogs, there is always members from
>>>> various
>>>> countries.
>>>> We are setting GMT option only for the blog.  However, how it  
>>>> will handle
>>>> date when members from various countries start posting.
>>>>
>>>> For example, i may set the GMT as 5:30 as i am residing in india.
>>>>  however,
>>>> another member of the blog may post from US, but his post date  
>>>> and time
>>>> will
>>>> be displayed in indian time.
>>>>
>>>> My view is that we should set GMT for users rather than blogs.
>>>> Your views please.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Senthil Raja
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