[Opensim-dev] Timezones, UTC, GMT & PST

[Dahlia Trimble]

With the err... um... inevitable future event when the LL grid opens the
doors to full interoperability, and given that their large customer base is
accustomed to using "SLT" (California time) and all the scripts that may
assume SLT, shouldn't we weigh that option over UTC or GMT or CUT or
whatever it's called these days?
On a side note, regions running in virtual machines may have less control
over the system clocks than regions running in a regular machine. I'd like
to suggest that region times could be configured in OpenSim.ini and/or set
by a central server using ntp or a similar protocol.

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Charles Krinke <cfk at pacbell.net> wrote:

> There are some issues coming up about timezones and grids. It seems that
> events, scripts, web interfaces and other things are affected by timezones.
> It gets a bit more complicated when one considers that our mysql logic uses
> local time with calls that involve NOW().
>
> Some folks feel that all the time on all the sims on all the grids should
> be set to UTC, and that is a reasonable approach.
>
> Others feel that a UGAIM should set the timezone for a grid and tell the
> sims connected to that UGAIM what timezone they are in and what time it is
> at the time of grid registration with a UGAIM, and that is also a reasonable
> approach.
>
> There is more. But, rather then just declaring what I might feel to be the
> answer, I would like to seek a consensus that is best for OpenSim and any
> comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated to this "timely" subject.
>
> Charles
>
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