Posted by Rami Elomaa on 07/08/07 05:59

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.

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