I'm curious about the time stamps on posts

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Online John Corbett

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I'm curious about the time stamps on posts
« on: Yesterday at 02:21:33 PM »
It appears to me that the time stamps for the posts are currently 4 hours ahead of where I am which is on Eastern Daylight Time. My guess is that the time stamp is Greenwich Mean Time which I am going to guess doesn't adjust for daylight savings time. The UK is normally 5 hours ahead of US Eastern time so when the US is on daylight time, it would be 4 hours behind GMT. Am I correct in my analysis.

Online Charles Collins

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Re: I'm curious about the time stamps on posts
« Reply #1 on: Today at 10:29:36 AM »
I believe you are correct. Greenwich Mean Time remains the same, but the UK does change to British Summer Time similar to how it is done in most of the U.S. (daylight savings time). If I remember correctly, I do believe there is a way to set your profile on this site to the time zone you are in (instead of leaving it on GMT). That should make it easier for you to relate to the time stamps. I haven’t bothered to do that myself yet though.