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charlest

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10/26/04 - time/date stamps
« on: October 26, 2004, 12:01:24 PM »
It is now 10/26/04, 8:50 AM EDST.
Usually, I believe the time-date stamps on posts are in Eastern Time zone hours.
This morning I have seen several posts/replies with 10/26/04 (today's date), but with time stamps,like "1:00 PM", "3:05 PM" time stamps on them, which is well after the current time.

What's going on here?
(or did a miss a day in my life, yet again? )

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Re: 10/26/04 - time/date stamps
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2004, 12:17:49 PM »
So, the webserver is 13 hours ahead of us?  Where does that make it Russia?  Siberia?  

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Re: 10/26/04 - time/date stamps
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2004, 02:02:55 PM »
Maybe the webmaster has outsourced everything.  That would explain the somewhat uneven... quality.
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Re: 10/26/04 - time/date stamps
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2004, 03:06:02 PM »
The "latest posts" link doesn't work because of this too.
4:00 PM EDST.
MI 2 AZ's and seadrive's post should be ahead of mine it seems the server clock is going forwards and backwards.
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MI 2 AZ

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Re: 10/26/04 - time/date stamps
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2004, 09:49:12 PM »
Overseas/Australian posts?
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Re: 10/26/04 - time/date stamps
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2004, 10:00:49 PM »
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Overseas/Australian posts?

No, the timestamps are based on the web server's clock, not the poster's.
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Re: 10/26/04 - time/date stamps
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2004, 05:33:26 AM »
if the site were load balanced between 2+ web servers lets say, what if those servers were not setup with the same time?

or would it just use the sql servers date/time whilst inserting the records ?
Still, the sql server can be load balanced/clustered too.
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