Mubrak Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) I used GMT during BST last year, and there were a lot of folks asking me to use BST instead, so I swapped this year. I actually prefer using GMT (because most people know what their GMT +/- is), but I've seen a notable decrease in people asking to use something else this year. Well, for the EU it doesn't matter as every country switches to summer time at the same date. We europeans know where Britain is and that they lag one or two hours behind most other countries. So instead of adding another hour to the GMT time during summer, we now always add the same offset to the time from the patch notes. For countries that don't switch their times at the same time as the EU it gets a bit more complicated, though. Anyway, great that the forums are now open during maintenance. Edited September 7, 2016 by Mubrak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromador Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) CET and GMT both switch for daylight savings to CEST and BST respectively on the same day - so that covers most of Europe. In fact, as far as I can see, all countries in EU which observe daylight savings do so on the same day. North America (incl Mexico & Canada etc) are all working to the same dates as the USA. This used to be in sync with Europe, however currently the USA are trying some different dates as they feel this may save more energy. Woe be to the southern hemisphere who are totally out of sync both in dates and direction with the northern hemisphere and each other (e.g. Australia, New Zealand and Brazil all completely different). That said, seeing as Australia can't manage to be consistent across the country (some places have daylight savings, some don't, some have it for the whole year), it's hard to cater for them. For total amusement value, Troll Station in the Antarctic has dates shared by nobody else on the planet. Source: http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2016.html Edited September 7, 2016 by Tromador Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I've seen a notable decrease in people asking to use something else this year. The funny part is, most of us have seen a noticeable decline in players this year too...do you think the two may be connected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mor-Kai-Denn Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Delighted. Played late into the night (UK) and slept late. This left me with no time to cook the massive cottage pie I have been fancying for the last few days. Thanks to 2 hours extra domestic bliss time, I will now have a gert big massive cottage pie to eat, tomorrow, in one go. Wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanArgent Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Nice! Next why don't you try addressing the fact that not a single one of us is surprised you people f'd it up An issue discovered this morning! xD Didn't you people develop this game?! Oh god. /facepalm ..... I resubbed just this morning I was pretty surprised they overran their maintenance window, actually. Off the top of my head I can't recall the last time that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromador Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Some ranting completely unrelated to my frightfully amusing and educational post about timezones. Errm... whatever dude. Deep breaths now. This too shall pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mubrak Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I was pretty surprised they overran their maintenance window, actually. Off the top of my head I can't recall the last time that happened. A month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 A month ago. HA! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_mike Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I was pretty surprised they overran their maintenance window, actually. Off the top of my head I can't recall the last time that happened. Not sure if you're seriously asking or not but.... If you read the twitter thread, it happens every time they have maintenance. August 9th's patch was announced to run over by 30 minutes - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9021362#edit9021362 And it turned out to only run over by 13 minutes - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9021414#edit9021414 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanArgent Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Not sure if you're seriously asking or not but.... If you read the twitter thread, it happens every time they have maintenance. August 9th's patch was announced to run over by 30 minutes - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9021362#edit9021362 And it turned out to only run over by 13 minutes - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9021414#edit9021414 Hah - last patches I wasn't able to play during the day anyway. Nonetheless, touche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atalantia Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Why not use GMT(UTC) as the primary and let everyone look up local time I much prefer the Pacific Standard time that is used as to the GMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanArgent Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I much prefer the Pacific Standard time that is used as to the GMT They did both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRandomno Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 CET and GMT both switch for daylight savings to CEST and BST respectively on the same day - so that covers most of Europe. In fact, as far as I can see, all countries in EU which observe daylight savings do so on the same day. CEST is one hour ahead of BST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadtechSavant Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) Why not use GMT(UTC) as the primary and let everyone look up local time Because it is BST now and not GMT. As for let everyone look up local time, Well take you own advise and look it up. Whatever BW used players would still need to know local time if not actually in the time zoned used. Edited September 7, 2016 by DreadtechSavant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_mike Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Could have stayed home today and done the whites and the bedding. Sitting here playing scrabble with the old guys here in the library. What I have to look forward to in about 10 *cough* 30 years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromador Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 CEST is one hour ahead of BST. Yes, just as CET is one hour ahead of GMT. I never said any different. If you look, I said they change on the same day, not that they are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_AirWolf Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Well for me its simple, its BST +1h(CET time in short, im from Croatia) What's up with daytime patches and EU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanaOShee Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) I used GMT during BST last year, and there were a lot of folks asking me to use BST instead, so I swapped this year. I actually prefer using GMT (because most people know what their GMT +/- is), but I've seen a notable decrease in people asking to use something else this year. But in EU we use MEST and MET Middle Europe Summer Time and Middle Europe Time (Winter Time) Edited September 7, 2016 by DanaOShee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_mike Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Interesting how a mention of time zones got everybody to stop complaining..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanArgent Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Interesting how a mention of time zones got everybody to stop complaining..... They're now complaining about the timezones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadtechSavant Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Well for me its simple, its BST +1h(CET time in short, im from Croatia) What's up with daytime patches and EU? Nothing, patch updates are always going to inconvenience someone somewhere. As someone in Europe at present time myself like you, I don't have an issue with it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunaticcat Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 2 hours more? its been 40 mins over the 2 hours already... so whatsup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRandomno Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Yes, just as CET is one hour ahead of GMT. I never said any different. If you look, I said they change on the same day, not that they are the same. You seemed to be suggesting in your original post that using BST also covers people in CEST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromador Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 But in EU we use MEST and MET Middle Europe Summer Time and Middle Europe Time (Winter Time) I am pretty sure you mean Central Europe (Summer) Time, not middle. And that is always UK time +1 hour, so GMT+1 in winter and BST+1 in summer. Changes on the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mor-Kai-Denn Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 2 hours more? its been 40 mins over the 2 hours already... so whatsup? On Earth there is still 15 minutes to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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