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for the love of god show local time

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CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#81 - 2012-07-03 21:33:23 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Explorer
4-AcO-DMT wrote:
srsly, how hard can it be ?
From a framework / technical perspective it would be no problem at all. We have simply made an explicit decision to only display EVE Time.

One Universe
One War
One Time
To rule them all

(Your OS displays the local time.)

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#82 - 2012-07-03 21:36:04 UTC
^ Yeah your war, and timezone, to rule us all. I want to talk to the CCP in England and hear their opinion.

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Bootleg Jack
ACME Mineral and Gas
#83 - 2012-07-03 21:37:31 UTC
CCP Paradox wrote:
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff


Fail, a customer request is still a customer request.

I'm an American, English is my second language...
Karak Terrel
Foundation for CODE and THE NEW ORDER
#84 - 2012-07-03 21:48:36 UTC
Kijo Rikki wrote:
Alpheias wrote:
Kijo Rikki wrote:
Alpheias wrote:
Kijo Rikki wrote:
How about a mouseover function to show local time? Smile


How about you look at your watch, phone or in one of the corners on your desktop? Maybe the one at your wall?


Don't have a phone or a watch or a clock on the wall and I'd have to alt tab out, which would be bad in the middle of something important, mmkay?


Pray tell why you don't have a phone? What ******* century are you from?


I'm from the century that despises cell phones and facebook. I've hated cell phones since they were called beepers, I am not a fan of being overly accessible or connected to the world by the hip. There used to be a time when everyone went somewhere to be social. While those places still exist, I find it overly annoying when I see a bunch of people living their social life by staring at a phone. Oh dear I think I just ranted.....


I know people who have no phone, but they are the people that still wear a watch. If you're from a time where only "the youngsters" wear watches, you can probably tell by the sun. So where is the problem bro?
gobbybobby
Negative-Impact
#85 - 2012-07-03 22:09:46 UTC
trouble with GMT is it don't change for daylight savings like other countrys. Thats my only Beef with it. As a UK player its correct 6 months of the year...
Emrys Ap'Morgravaine
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#86 - 2012-07-03 22:12:27 UTC
CCP Paradox wrote:
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff



Care for a jelly baby?
knobber Jobbler
State War Academy
Caldari State
#87 - 2012-07-03 22:12:38 UTC
CCP Paradox wrote:
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff


Who'd have thought it! Troll ;)
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#88 - 2012-07-03 22:38:47 UTC
Bootleg Jack wrote:
CCP Paradox wrote:
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff


Fail, a customer request is still a customer request.


And one that they don't need to address.

Agent of Chaos, Sower of Discord.

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Cebraio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#89 - 2012-07-03 22:42:23 UTC
CCP Paradox wrote:
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff
Bootleg Jack wrote:
Fail, a customer request is still a customer request.

Emrys Ap'Morgravaine wrote:
Care for a jelly baby?

knobber Jobbler wrote:
Who'd have thought it! Troll ;)


It's still a movie reference - and one which made me laugh even though I did not know it before.

@Bootleg Jack: It was not a polite customer request. It was a developer bash. 'How hard can it be' etc. If he had phrased it differently, he might have gotten a different response.
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#90 - 2012-07-03 23:02:24 UTC
gobbybobby wrote:
trouble with GMT is it don't change for daylight savings like other countrys. Thats my only Beef with it. As a UK player its correct 6 months of the year...
By definition then GMT is fixed. Britain is on GMT during the winter but on BST (British Summer Time) during the summer; and BST is defined as GMT+1.

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
Cutter Isaacson
DEDSEC SAN FRANCISCO
#91 - 2012-07-03 23:05:54 UTC
Cebraio wrote:
CCP Paradox wrote:
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff
Bootleg Jack wrote:
Fail, a customer request is still a customer request.

Emrys Ap'Morgravaine wrote:
Care for a jelly baby?

knobber Jobbler wrote:
Who'd have thought it! Troll ;)


It's still a television series reference - and one which made me laugh even though I did not know it before.

@Bootleg Jack: It was not a polite customer request. It was a developer bash. 'How hard can it be' etc. If he had phrased it differently, he might have gotten a different response.



FTFY

"The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination." Elim Garak.
Holi
Duct Ales
#92 - 2012-07-03 23:09:33 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
From a framework / technical perspective it would be no problem at all. We have simply made an explicit decision to only display EVE Time. One Universe // One War // One Time // to rule them all.

(Your OS displays the local time.)

Is the time displayed by the client the actual server clock or the client's local clock converted to server's timezone?
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#93 - 2012-07-03 23:12:35 UTC
Holi wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
From a framework / technical perspective it would be no problem at all. We have simply made an explicit decision to only display EVE Time. One Universe // One War // One Time // to rule them all.

(Your OS displays the local time.)
Is the time displayed by the client the actual server clock or the client's local clock converted to server's timezone?
It's the TQ clock with an approx. ±1 second accuracy (not guaranteed).

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
Holi
Duct Ales
#94 - 2012-07-03 23:21:47 UTC
CCP Explorer wrote:
Holi wrote:
CCP Explorer wrote:
From a framework / technical perspective it would be no problem at all. We have simply made an explicit decision to only display EVE Time. One Universe // One War // One Time // to rule them all.

(Your OS displays the local time.)
Is the time displayed by the client the actual server clock or the client's local clock converted to server's timezone?
It's the TQ clock with an approx. ±1 second accuracy (not guaranteed).

Good to know, cheers for the info! Big smile
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#95 - 2012-07-03 23:45:21 UTC
gobbybobby wrote:
trouble with GMT is it don't change for daylight savings like other countrys. Thats my only Beef with it. As a UK player its correct 6 months of the year...



At least we all use the same time zone.

Not only is the US split into multiple time zones, each state has the option of using daylight savings time or not.

And not every country does daylight saving time. Iceland, for example, doesn't. Probably something to do with the fact the sun rises at 03:10 and sets at 23:52 this time of year. Without really getting dark in between.



Oh, +1 for keeping Eve on UTC/GMT (if you're not a scientist, they're the same)

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Gerald Taric
NEO DYNAMICS
#96 - 2012-07-03 23:47:49 UTC
5 pages of postings just for a simple +2 arithmetic operation (at last for me), which the OP refuses to do .... impressive.
CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#97 - 2012-07-04 00:05:09 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Explorer
Steve Ronuken wrote:
gobbybobby wrote:
trouble with GMT is it don't change for daylight savings like other countrys. Thats my only Beef with it. As a UK player its correct 6 months of the year...
At least we all use the same time zone.

Not only is the US split into multiple time zones, each state has the option of using daylight savings time or not.

And not every country does daylight saving time. Iceland, for example, doesn't. Probably something to do with the fact the sun rises at 03:10 and sets at 23:52 this time of year. Without really getting dark in between.
And not China, India, Russia; in fact the majority doesn't use summer time. Only the blue countries here http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/DaylightSaving-World-Subdivisions.png use summer time.

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
Blade N'Mare
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#98 - 2012-07-04 00:14:02 UTC
+1 for keeping eve time. Other wise I am likely to get an overblown sense of self importance for being so far ahead of everyone else. :)

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Toshiroma McDiesel
Lupus Draconis
The Lost Drone Society
#99 - 2012-07-04 00:14:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Toshiroma McDiesel
CCP Paradox wrote:
wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff



+1 internets for you, my good sir!

EDIT: and I've believed for several years now that we should all switch to one world time....give it 5 years and everyone will be use to it, heck, it didn't take that long for people to believe that the current time zone configuration always that way.

I"m not really the Evil One, I'm just his answering service.
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#100 - 2012-07-04 00:26:35 UTC
can't you just write a letter to your favourite polititian and ask him if he could change your time to eve time?

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