[Opensim-users] Correcting Metaverse Time

[Fish Kungfu]

Same for me, Robert.  Google Calendar works the same way. I just choose my
time-zone.  Why not have the viewer show UTC and the local time of the user,
just to help the user be able to see the Universal Grid Time at a glance?
All grid serverscould keep their time set by a reliable ntp server and
passed on to the viewer/client.

Also, in the future, the viewer could very likely simply be a web browser,
but I don't want to get too far off topic.

~~Fish~~


On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Robert Klein <rtkwebman at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hmm, any meeting or event that I have attended on this planet is generally
> formatted in the timezone of the host venue. Anyone attending just has to
> deal with it. What about each simulator uses the timezone of whatever the
> admin chooses and each viewer simply runs in the timezone of the user's
> computer? Scripts could therefore depend on that model and adjust
> themselves
> accordingly. What about a toggle or on/off tick in the viewer? Would it
> even
> need one?
>
> Remember, 2-5 years from now hopefully we will not be depending on the SL
> viewer as a stop-gap but instead be using the strengths of our own.
>
> -Robert
>
>
>
> Charles Krinke wrote:
> >
> > Frank:
> >
> > The issue came up with respect to implementing "events". Someone else
> > indicated that certain scripts that use the underlying servers time with
> > LSL calls would be affected.
> >
> > So, it isnt a sun issue so much as a side affect on co-ordinating things
> > from region to region with events, scripts and similar.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Frank W Sweet <fwsweet at backintyme.com>
> > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:01:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Correcting Metaverse Time
> >
> > Charles Krinke wrote: "those running grids and major standalones that
> > are HyperGridded can easily set their sims to UTC without any
> > additional prompting from us..."
> >
> > Umm. How? The "time" function was removed from the [sun] section of
> > opensim.ini because it had no effect.
> >
> > Frank W Sweet
> > Backintyme Publishing
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charles Krinke" <cfk at pacbell.net>
> > To: <opensim-users at lists.berlios.de>
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Correcting Metaverse Time
> >
> >
> > Certainly, those running grids and major standalones that are
> > HyperGridded can easily set their sims to UTC without any additional
> > prompting from us, and I have already done this with those I can
> > directly influence.
> >
> > Now that we seem heading towards some semblance of a consensus, let me
> > open two itty-bitty "Pandora's Boxen" that others have described to
> > me.
> >
> > But, there are sims running in folks homes and on servers where for
> > other then OpenSim reasons, these folks wish the server (or desktop
> > computer in some cases) to run on the local timezone, where ever it
> > is. These reasons run from needing mail programs like Outlook to work
> > correctly. These folks end up at a disadvantage unless we can tell
> > them how to ensure their OpenSim clock is on UTC.
> >
> > Another issue is that the SL client itself seems to favor PST, so we
> > have client perceptions to deal with. Although as other clients gain
> > some wider use, this issue is likely to resolve itself over time.
> >
> > I would not want either of these to stop a movement towards an OpenSim
> > Metaverse timezone, but, these are the two major issues that folks
> > have discussed with me that currently cause them angst.
> >
> > With the highest respect to this illustrious group,
> >
> > Charles Krinke
> >
> >
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