Posted by amygdala on 07/08/07 01:33

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> schreef in bericht
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> 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.
>

Perhaps the OP wants to show the user at what (local) time they last visited
/ contributed something / downloaded something, etc.

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