I noticed that quite a few people get confused with calculating when an event that has been announced in server time is taking place in their timezone. Soooo, here we go:
1. Server time
What is that fancy server time thingy?
Quite easy to answer: Server time is equal to GMT/UTC +0
2. And what now?
Now that you know what timezone the server runs in, you need to know what timezone you are in. Easiest way to do so is doing a google search with "Your Region" and "timezone".
So lets assume you are in GMT+1 and the event you want to participate in takes place at 18:00.
Seems to be fairly easy, eh? Just adding/distracting that number behind the GMT to the server time. Wrong
Keep in mind that GMT/UTC has no daylight saving, so for our example that means:
18:00 server time is 19:00 GMT+1 during winter time and 20:00 GMT+1 during summer time.
3. Cool, but I am lazy you know?
No problem, just consult this page: Time Calculator
Pretty self explanatory, even though it is in german. First time and date is the one of your PC, the second one is GMT/UTC and for the third one you can pick a place to see
what time it is there at the moment [the box you can check indicates if there is summer time (checked) or winter time (unchecked)].
4. And without teh internetz?
If you are lazy AND not able to check online for whatever reasons, you can add a second clock to windows.
To do this:
1. Click on your clock
2. A calendar and an analog clock should pop up, under them something written about settings, click that
3. A new window pops up, navigate to "additional clocks"
4. Check the "show this clock" box and select (GMT/UTC) Coordinated Universal Time
5. Press OK
Whenever you click on your clock in Windows now, there is a new clock running in server time next to you old one.
Begone are the times of cheap excuses for not being present at events!
If you are lazy AND not able to check online for whatever reasons, you can add a second clock to windows.
To do this:
1. Click on your clock
2. A calendar and an analog clock should pop up, under them something written about settings, click that
3. A new window pops up, navigate to "additional clocks"
4. Check the "show this clock" box and select (GMT/UTC) Coordinated Universal Time
5. Press OK
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Err ... you might wanna tell us which operating system this is, yes?:D
Besides, without the internet ... how am I supposed to read that what you just wrote? :mellow:
Nice job and all, but really, it's easier to open a clock at the internet set it to GMT and just look at the differences... or think how much time more you need to wait etc etc.
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I noticed that quite a few people get confused with calculating when an event that has been announced in server time is taking place in their timezone. Soooo, here we go:
1. Server time
What is that fancy server time thingy?
Quite easy to answer: Server time is equal to GMT/UTC +0
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I think the problem is not server time, it's other time zone names like BST and so on!
For example:
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[font=agency fb]Date: [color=#FFFFFF]Saturday/Sunday 16th/17th April. Time:Starting at 18:00 BST onwards. Location:Spazzydragon's event server. Areas of operation: Southern Omega systems.
The computer clock thingy works on Win7 and Vista.
BST = British Summer Time = UTC/GMT +1
And yes, there are many ways to do this and everyone has his own method he likes best.
I just wanted to provide some information for new players and people who may not know where to look....and to do something "useful" while sitting in boring class:)
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