I agree with all of this input and I really only asked this question in hopes of not continuing a pretty frustrating foible on LL's part. I am glad that all the input has been positive and full of great observation. I am also glad that we can have a normal manifestation of timezone support eventually through the viewer (hopefully). AND in the Mantis area the flicker of a UTC based OpenSim meeting has been lit, and it is starting to feel oh so right. :)
-Robert Dirk Krause wrote: > > Hi, > > I resisted to bring this into the discussion, but now I can't help it :-). > > +1 on having UTC on the server and only that. > > With that out of the way, I think the 'local' time should be set by the > Sim/Region owner, so that you for example can use a Sim for games where > you might want different time tables, maybe even different time paces. > > A use for this could be in a Serious Game; let's think of a Mars > simulation where you want to have Mars Time and years and so on. But all > this could be done on the client, so this is basically a viewer not a > server issue. > > So if it turns out, that the time is hard-coded in the viewer ... whoever > takes up work on a new viewer could provide some time table functionality > (perhaps set by script from the server which could be from the .ini file) > to have some 'local' time display. > > Best, > Dirk/Barth > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Justin > Clark-Casey > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2009 18:05 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [Opensim-users] thoughts on timezones > > William George wrote: >> Don't overthink this time thing, its all a convention. Local code shows >> local time; server code and databases should be in UTC >> >> however this is probably wrong: >> >> "You can see this by picking up an object in OpenSim. Though the Linden >> Labs >> viewer may say 10:00AM PST when you pick it up, and your server may be >> set to Central European Time 19:00, the item >> properties acquired date will show 18:00 (which is the UTC time)." >> >> The aquired time should in local time..... > > Yes, this should be adjusted, and I would argue that the adjustment should > be done by the client before display. > > However, this does actually bring up an interesting philosophical question > as to what local time is. Is local time your > own machine's timezone, or is it the region's timezone? > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/thoughts-on-timezones-tp2193244p2196102.html Sent from the opensim-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
