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HashBrown_Studios
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Forums Time!

Please make the time in the forums local to the user and not just for those in America or wherever the time is set.
duckboycool
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

Support. The only problem with this is that you'd actually have to put in a proper place and not just make a joke out of it, but I think that having the correct time will be worth it for people who are confused anyway.
customhacker
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Forums Time!

What Time are they set in? They are in my time though I dont know about you.

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This is already in place:

Scratch Wiki wrote:

In the Scratch 2.0 forums, the reader's timezone is detected automatically, and posts are shown in local time.
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HashBrown_Studios
Scratcher
100+ posts

Forums Time!

customhacker wrote:

What Time are they set in? They are in my time though I dont know about you.

(Searches Wiki)

This is already in place:

Scratch Wiki wrote:

In the Scratch 2.0 forums, the reader's timezone is detected automatically, and posts are shown in local time.
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For me, the time is way off.
HashBrown_Studios
Scratcher
100+ posts

Forums Time!

HashBrown_Studios wrote:

customhacker wrote:

What Time are they set in? They are in my time though I dont know about you.

(Searches Wiki)

This is already in place:

Scratch Wiki wrote:

In the Scratch 2.0 forums, the reader's timezone is detected automatically, and posts are shown in local time.
Source
For me, the time is way off.
It says I posted at 8:37 at night whereas it's 10:37 in the morning.
duckboycool
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

I also have it at 20:40 right now, and I am using Antarctica, so I am not sure where the wiki got the information.
HashBrown_Studios
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Forums Time!

duckboycool wrote:

I also have it at 20:40 right now, and I am using Antarctica, so I am not sure where the wiki got the information.
Exactly, I'm pretty sure it's that same timezone for everyone.
DownsGameClub
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

HashBrown_Studios wrote:

duckboycool wrote:

I also have it at 20:40 right now, and I am using Antarctica, so I am not sure where the wiki got the information.
Exactly, I'm pretty sure it's that same timezone for everyone.
All times are currently set to EDT (UTC -4).

We could definitely set location and time zone separate from one another. I think that will give the most accurate time available while providing the freedom for Scratchers to choose their location as needed.

I definitely would like something like this (taken from the TBG Forums I go on):

HTML-Fan
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

Something that coufused me already way too often is that the time when I posted something seems to be some sort of american time. Probably the time at the MIT. But since I'm from germany, the time is completely wrong, especially in the summer time (yes, in the summer time everything is one hour earlier so it's bright in the evening. Should save power), and that's why I would like to have the option to enter a time zone or getting an automatic time zone depending on the location entered (but for example russia has like 10 different time zones).

Would that be possible? In other forums (the Arduino forum) this option is available, so it's somehow possible.

Maybe you can even choose between 24 hours and 12 hours with am and pm.

Last edited by HTML-Fan (June 30, 2020 13:19:08)

jaguar1501
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

HTML-Fan wrote:

Something that coufused me already way too often is that the time when I posted something seems to be some sort of american time. Probably the time at the MIT. But since I'm from germany, the time is completely wrong, especially in the summer time (yes, in the summer time everything is one hour earlier so it's bright in the evening. Should save power), and that's why I would like to have the option to enter a time zone or getting an automatic time zone depending on the location entered (but for example russia has like 10 different time zones).

Would that be possible? In other forums (the Arduino forum) this option is available, so it's somehow possible.

Maybe you can even choose between 24 hours and 12 hours with am and pm.
Strange- that used to happen for me but now it's in my local timezone- BST.
HTML-Fan
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

Whatever BST means. I think that about 95% of users don't belong to this lucky group.

Last edited by HTML-Fan (June 30, 2020 17:27:17)

jaguar1501
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

HTML-Fan wrote:

Whatever BST means. I think that about 95% of users don't belong to this lucky group.
It stands for British Summer Time. The forums have also always shown my local timezone on my iOS devices. I'm not sure why it differs between devices, though.
HTML-Fan
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

You enter your location when you sign in so I would guess that it uses that …
Yeetoburro1
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

Yeah… I'm in Pacific time zone… It says the right time for me, but it is in military time, which I do not like.

Last edited by Yeetoburro1 (June 30, 2020 21:05:41)

zedthehedgehog
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

Wait it's not in the local time zone? Oh, wait, Massachusetts is part of the EST timezone
danielthebanana4
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100+ posts

Forums Time!

I support this, I live in Australia and when it hits 12:00 it says my post was yesterday
Basic88
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

Support! I personally know the math for timezones (mine is PST so subtract 3 from the time) but the EST thing can be annoying for scratchers that don't live in the US or live past the International Date Line.
HTML-Fan
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

bump
Yeetoburro1
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

a moist bump
HTML-Fan
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1000+ posts

Forums Time!

Thank you, hopefully others will join the discussion.

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