[Opensim-users] Timezone

[Fleep Tuque]

I'm not sure why timezone isn't a configurable option in opensim.ini?  My
campus grid users don't care about UTC or any other time zone than our own
and what they most need to know is when their class meets.

- Chris/Fleep


Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM)
UCIT Instructional & Research Computing
University of Cincinnati
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Olivier van Helden
<olivier at van-helden.net>wrote:

> If it's not a feature, it's a bug!
>
> I made more extensive tests and my conclusion is:
>
> - If I set my server on whatever timezone not using DST, viewer would show
> PST in anycase
> - If i set it to whatever timezone using DST, viewer would show PDT if
> applicable, PST otherwise (SL behaviour)
>
> This is insane: we use a local setting for daylight savings, and a global
> hardcoded setting for the hour
>
> This probably means even those using DST will not change at the same time,
> depending on which timezone they have.
>
> I filled a Mantis about this
> http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=5972
>
>
>
> Le 18 avr. 2012 à 18:24, Gudule Lapointe a écrit :
>
> Not totally exact, Vanish. My  tests proved that time info is somewhat
> send by the server:
>
> - On Singularity AND Second Life viewer (where timezone was supposed to be
> hard-coded), it shows PDT in my grid, and PST in OSGrid
> -> So, times is cleary sent by the server. For viewers listening to that
> info.
> - Imprudence has a setting to choose between PSD/PDT or GMT. If set to
> PST/PDT, i still get the same difference between OSGrid and mine
> -> fallback to same conclusion (and imprudence should probably replace
> "PST/PDT" by "in-world time" or something like that)
> - If I HG to another grid, my viewer keeps the time from my login grid
> -> time is set at login time, depending on login server settings
> - In the source code I see at some place that the daylight setting is
> evaluated.
> -> maybe only the use of DST can be set on server
>
> Same question is still left: how?
> -> maybe just because osgrid auth server runs on a machine where DST is
> disabled?
>
> And it raise a second question: who should adjust this settings, me, or
> OSGrid?
> No kidding: I just checked in Second Life, and time is PDT now, there.
> And I noticed several times that when we're in doubt, SL is often the
> reference.
>
>
>
>
>
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> Le 18 avr. 2012 à 17:50, Vanish a écrit :
>
> The time is a viewer service, and Imprudence is the only one I know that
> allows you to change the timezone to UTC (optionally) all others display
> PST (or "Second-Life-time", as it's come to be called).
>
> I've looked at but not found a solution!
>
>
> Just noted: for a same instance of OpenSimulator (standalone), Imprudence
> displays UTC time and Viewer 3 displays PST.
>
>
> GCI
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>
>  From: Gudule Lapointe
>
>  Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:36 PM
>
>  Subject: [Opensim-users] Timezone
>
>
>
>  How can I setup grid or region time zone?
>
>
>
>  I noticed my grid is in PDT, while OSGrid for example is in PST. While my
> server runs in CEST
>
>
>
>  Can't find settings for that anywhere…
>
>
>
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