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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Jul 26, 2006

I've set my time zone as Pacific Standard Time but it comes up as Mountain time. What am I doing wrong?

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dave Jul 26, 2006

I logged in as you and it looks like it's working correctly. Pacific Standard Time is 8 hours behind UTC/GMT.

dave

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Jul 27, 2006

Does it include daylight saving time? It shows 7:36pm but it's 8:36pm. Have I chosen the wrong time zone?

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dave Jul 27, 2006

PST is not Daylight time. If you want daylight time, you should select Pacific Daylight Time. :)

dave

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Jul 27, 2006

So will it switch back to Pacific Standard Time after Daylight Saving Time?

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dave Jul 27, 2006

I'm afraid not. For those in the US, I have a database that tells me which locations recognize daylight savings time or not. For Canada, however, (and for that matter the whole world) I don't have such a thing. Therefore it's impossible to tell when DST starts for you, as well as whether you even do it or not.

It's one of those manual things on DG. The solution might be to switch to UTC and the time will always be the same, but who wants that?

dave

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Tir_Na_Nog Houston, United States(Zone 9b) Jul 27, 2006

Oh I finally get it!!!!

YOU have to change your time zone whenever the daylight time has kicked in!? I went to my preferences and was marked as Central Standard Time but once I switched it to Central Daylight Time the clock comes up correct. Whew. Hopefully I can remember to switch it back again!

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dave Jul 27, 2006

Those in the US, however, can just make sure to enter their zipcode in their location preferences and it'll automatically update each fall and spring.

dave

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Tir_Na_Nog Houston, United States(Zone 9b) Jul 27, 2006

Oh, thanks Dave! Thought I'd done that but I'll check it out. =)

Edited to say: hmmm, I checked Dave, mine has my zip in there still?

This message was edited Jul 27, 2006 4:56 PM

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