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Just wondering why is the forum clock 1 hour ahead of actual time. Does it not reset automatically at daylight saving start and finish?
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As it says on the right bottom of the screen, all times are UTC +11 hours. As I post, UTC (GMT) is currently 1.09 am, so the post time should be 12.09pm, even though it is 11.09am in the eastern states.
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Go to your UCP, under preferences set your local time zone (UTC+10 for eastern states). In the next line check the DST option box, it is not automatic.
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THANKS FOR THAT JUST WONDERING
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Timbo52 wrote:Just wondering why is the forum clock 1 hour ahead of actual time. Does it not reset automatically at daylight saving start and finish?
It can not automatically change at daylight start/finish as not all areas have daylight savings and even those who do, change at different times. The software does not support that.
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IIRC, the time on the forum is linked to the hosting server., not the computer system time.

I recall in the past thast the board time has been a few minutes different to (real) system time.
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That is correct.
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It's doing the same today as well.

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It is doing what as well? It is right on time for me.
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Hi folks,
Is it just me, or is the board clock forty three minutes out?

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Mine's OK, spot on to system time for once.
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Normally 1-3 minutes fast for me. Not that I really look at it.
Rclasstramcar wrote:Hi folks,
Is it just me, or is the board clock forty three minutes out?

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If it is a time zone error, it would be out by multiples of 30 minutes, not 43.
Eastern stater's should be on UTC+10, and change it to UTC+11 for DST
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Right on time for me.
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Remember to reset your clock for Daylight Savings if you are in a state which has that.
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