(Important!) Daylight saving time

Lorian · 05-29-2006, 09:02 AM

A lot of people seem to be confused about daylight saving time, and many people are incorrectly still using EST, instead of EDT. Let me make this clear:

The time stay the same, but the time zone changes. People who were on EST are now on EDT. People who were on CST are now on CDT. People who were on CET are now on CEST. Use the correct time zone otherwise you can expect people to get the converted time wrong.

If you are confused, there is a table here with the conversions. Thank you.

icky · 05-29-2006, 09:56 AM

Just be careful, because
a) not all places change at the same time
b) not all places change

Lorian · 05-29-2006, 10:34 AM

I knew not all places change, but mostly people from those countries aren't on TG (as far as I know), but I didn't know they didn't all change at the same time...

Drizzid · 05-29-2006, 11:17 AM

Just an FYI....Arizona doesn't change times at all.

Lorian · 05-29-2006, 11:26 AM

Hm, I thought all of North America did...

Boot · 05-29-2006, 11:33 AM

This page might help, it lists the variations like Hawaii, parts of Indiana, Australia, etc.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html

There is also one clock in my family room that I find difficult to change, so technically parts of my house do not observe DST. As a convenience to the TG community I will avoid posting from that room.

**Dick Blonov** · 05-30-2006, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lorian

Hm, I thought all of North America did...

Nope. To add to the complexity of it all, in Canada, one province even has a law prohibiting DST...

DB

experiment626 · 05-30-2006, 11:17 AM

Why don't we all just go off ZULU time, or GMT...i'm sure that would make things easier for the Brits

Lorian · 05-30-2006, 11:37 AM

And the rest of the world...

Preston85 · 05-30-2006, 08:08 PM

This shouldn't just be for BF2. This resource should be linked on other pages or in the general forum.

I know a lot of other TG games people including myself get confused what time is what, especially with America having multiple time zones.

p.s. Even I know Arizona doesn't observe daylight saving, when average tempratures are around 100 degrees F the less day light hours the better. I don't think Iceland observes the changes either but I think thats more to do with more day light hours than night time.

jackmacokc · 06-01-2006, 09:17 PM

Parts of indiana don't change as well...just like arizona. But thats it in the US. Everyone else observes DST AFAIK

millipede777 · 06-10-2006, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by experiment626

Why don't we all just go off ZULU time, or GMT...i'm sure that would make things easier for the Brits

I second this. (Just like I've done in several other threads) This will make things much easier for everyone.

05-29-2006, 09:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lorian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 2,036	(Important!) Daylight saving time A lot of people seem to be confused about daylight saving time, and many people are incorrectly still using EST, instead of EDT. Let me make this clear: The time stay the same, but the time zone changes. People who were on EST are now on EDT. People who were on CST are now on CDT. People who were on CET are now on CEST. Use the correct time zone otherwise you can expect people to get the converted time wrong. If you are confused, there is a table here with the conversions. Thank you. __________________ \|TG-E17th\|Lorian Member since 18th February 2006 Supporting member since 4th August 2006 PGP public key Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Memory: 2x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM Video Card: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 256MB Monitor: 17" Dell CRT and 15" generic LCD Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic and Creative Sound Blaster Live! (no Linux X-Fi drivers yet) Last edited by Lorian; 05-29-2006 at 09:45 AM.

05-29-2006, 09:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
icky Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ottawa Valley Posts: 6,154	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time Just be careful, because a) not all places change at the same time b) not all places change __________________ Peace through fear... since 1947!

05-29-2006, 10:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Lorian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 2,036	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time I knew not all places change, but mostly people from those countries aren't on TG (as far as I know), but I didn't know they didn't all change at the same time... __________________ \|TG-E17th\|Lorian Member since 18th February 2006 Supporting member since 4th August 2006 PGP public key Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Memory: 2x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM Video Card: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 256MB Monitor: 17" Dell CRT and 15" generic LCD Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic and Creative Sound Blaster Live! (no Linux X-Fi drivers yet)

05-29-2006, 11:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
Drizzid Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Age: 37 Posts: 2,957	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time Just an FYI....Arizona doesn't change times at all. __________________

05-29-2006, 11:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
Lorian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 2,036	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time Hm, I thought all of North America did... __________________ \|TG-E17th\|Lorian Member since 18th February 2006 Supporting member since 4th August 2006 PGP public key Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Memory: 2x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM Video Card: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 256MB Monitor: 17" Dell CRT and 15" generic LCD Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic and Creative Sound Blaster Live! (no Linux X-Fi drivers yet)

05-29-2006, 11:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wisconsin, USA Age: 37 Posts: 1,412	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time This page might help, it lists the variations like Hawaii, parts of Indiana, Australia, etc. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/daylight1.html There is also one clock in my family room that I find difficult to change, so technically parts of my house do not observe DST. As a convenience to the TG community I will avoid posting from that room. __________________ Boot. In Soviet Russia, TV watches YOU.

05-30-2006, 11:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
experiment626 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Albuquerque NM Age: 36 Posts: 1,331	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time Why don't we all just go off ZULU time, or GMT...i'm sure that would make things easier for the Brits

05-30-2006, 11:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lorian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 2,036	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time And the rest of the world... __________________ \|TG-E17th\|Lorian Member since 18th February 2006 Supporting member since 4th August 2006 PGP public key Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Memory: 2x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM Video Card: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 256MB Monitor: 17" Dell CRT and 15" generic LCD Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic and Creative Sound Blaster Live! (no Linux X-Fi drivers yet)

05-30-2006, 08:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
Preston85 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,601	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time This shouldn't just be for BF2. This resource should be linked on other pages or in the general forum. I know a lot of other TG games people including myself get confused what time is what, especially with America having multiple time zones. p.s. Even I know Arizona doesn't observe daylight saving, when average tempratures are around 100 degrees F the less day light hours the better. I don't think Iceland observes the changes either but I think thats more to do with more day light hours than night time. __________________

06-01-2006, 09:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
jackmacokc Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Age: 30 Posts: 263	Re: (Important!) Daylight saving time Parts of indiana don't change as well...just like arizona. But thats it in the US. Everyone else observes DST AFAIK __________________ \|TG\|JackMacOKC (PM Me) [tg-c1][defense] [medic]

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