Author:  legoman77  Posted:  Feb 19, 2017 15:23  Subject:  Re: What is EDT?  Viewed:  70 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card legoman77 (3628) Location:  USA, Texas Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Jan 22, 2003 Seller Store: 77's Bricks & Sets

In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:    In Suggestions, WILYKAT writes:    In Suggestions, sonnich writes:    When I read: [REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at 02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT. Just what is EDT? Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide. WBR Sonnich Should be EST, daylight savings time hasn't started yet. And using GMT isn't going to work with everyone, not everyone knows where they live in relation to GMT. EST is -5 hours for example. So us, 'CET' guys are therefor 'forced' to remember that EST is -5 compared to GMT and since CET is currently at +1 GMT we need to add that up to know that the difference is 6 Hours between EST and CET Me thinks your explanation makes no sence whatsoever, particulary as there are more BL users 'outside' the EST zone then BL members living 'in' the EST zone It's just an outdated feature, most sites run in each 'propper' timezone... I think it came from the fact the bricklink was brickBay and copied from ebay. Ebay made bricklink change its name. ebay did run on pacific coast time and I believe it still does, I have not checked the time thing in a long while. However most of bricklink is the offspring of ebay. John P

Message is in Reply To:

Re: What is EDT? - RobErNat (2926)

[...] So us, 'CET' guys are therefor 'forced' to remember that EST is -5 compared to GMT and since CET is currently at +1 GMT we need to add that up to know [...] (89 months ago, Feb 19, 2017, to Suggestions)

Message Has 1 Reply:

Re: What is EDT? - tEoS (5297)

I figured it had to do with where BL was hosted in Indiana (Northstar?), since admin lived in HI. [...] (89 months ago, Feb 19, 2017, to Suggestions)

14 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 - sonnich (330) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - StormChaser (570) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - WILYKAT (519) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - Smron (385) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - SylvainLS (46) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - Smron (385) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - legoman77 (3628) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 8 - RobErNat (2926) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 « - legoman77 (3628) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 10 - tEoS (5297) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 11 - viejos (670) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 12 - legoman77 (3628) 89 months ago Feb 19, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 13 - masterX244 (21) 89 months ago Feb 20, 2017 to Suggestions
 Msg 14 - sonnich (330) 88 months ago Mar 21, 2017 to Suggestions