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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/08/07 14:43
Rami Elomaa wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle kirjoitti:
>> Rami Elomaa wrote:
>>> ZeldorBlat kirjoitti:
>>> > If you're converting the time to a "unified time zone" why do you
>>> care
>>>> what timezone they're in? Why would you be recording the time from
>>>> the client in your database?
>>>
>>> Not record, just show. Naturally it makes sense to record a global
>>> time timestamp, like GMT, but people still like to see a time
>>> displayed in their local timezone, so the OP wants to know how to get
>>> it and then convert GMT to local time, just for _displaying_ it to
>>> user. It's common localization practise. Wikipedia for one does this.
>>>
>>
>> I've got two analog clocks on the walls, a watch on my wrist, and a
>> digital clock on my toolbar. What makes you think I need your site to
>> tell me what time it is?
>>
>> As for Wikipedia - I don't see any clock on the pages when I view them.
>>
>> You can include a clock if you want - but it looks stupid.
>>
>
> Oh good grief... Not a clock, TIME! Like for example: an auction that
> ends on 12:00 am GMT time. I want to see it converted into my local,
> Finland timezone, which would be 10:00am.
>
That's not what we're talking about here, Rami.
And I want to see how many hours and minutes before it ends.
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