[Opensim-users] thoughts on timezones

[Justin Clark-Casey]

William George wrote:
> Don't overthink this time thing, its all a convention. Local code shows 
> local time; server code and databases should be in UTC
> 
> however this is probably wrong:
> 
> "You can see this by picking up an object in OpenSim.  Though the Linden 
> Labs
> viewer may say 10:00AM PST when you pick it up, and your server may be 
> set to Central European Time 19:00, the item
> properties acquired date will show 18:00 (which is the UTC time)."
> 
> The aquired time should in local time.....

Yes, this should be adjusted, and I would argue that the adjustment should be done by the client before display.

However, this does actually bring up an interesting philosophical question as to what local time is.  Is local time your 
own machine's timezone, or is it the region's timezone?

> 
> This does breakdown for two hours for us fools in Daylight Saving Time. 
> Notice that PST is not supposed to have Daylight Savings, the time zone 
> would be PDT.
> 
> My $.02
> 
> Waka
> 
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