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Conservative,
20-03-2011, 09:34 AM
Well there's been some confusion with the times (I think that's mainly because David coded it in EST rather than GMT), but if there was a timezone changer then times could be displayed for that timezone? Maybe just in a corner or something and maybe not straight away, but when HabboxLive is merged, for the timetable etc?
Alex3213
20-03-2011, 09:35 AM
I'm sure it finds your IP address and then changes the timezone to suit?
Conservative,
20-03-2011, 09:38 AM
Does it?

Oh also, it would change the times of the events etc...just noticed they have the times as well x]
Chippiewill
20-03-2011, 09:43 AM
I'm sure it finds your IP address and then changes the timezone to suit?

There should still be a manual way to do this, it's not very helpful if geoip got your location wrong and you're stuck reading off the times with a three hour difference.
Alex3213
20-03-2011, 09:43 AM
Does it?

Oh also, it would change the times of the events etc...just noticed they have the times as well x]

I think so, the clue is on the events page:

Time: 9:42AM
Timezone: Europe/London

So I presume it suits your timezone.
Conservative,
20-03-2011, 09:47 AM
Where's that, I can't find it o.O

Edit: Nvm found it. Okay that's cool :)
HotelUser
20-03-2011, 01:35 PM
It automatically detects your timezone and calculates the website and content in it.

And I'm not EST, I'm ADT :)
Conservative,
20-03-2011, 01:37 PM
It automatically detects your timezone and calculates the website and content in it.

And I'm not EST, I'm ADT :)

Oh okay...isn't that -5 GMT tho? :P But cool didn't realise :)
Jin
20-03-2011, 06:24 PM
There should still be a manual way to do this, it's not very helpful if geoip got your location wrong and you're stuck reading off the times with a three hour difference.

This shouldn't be an issue unless the user is hiding behind a proxy. Whilst I agree geoip isn't very accurate it should be accurate enough to place you in the correct timezone.
Conservative,
20-03-2011, 06:58 PM
Sorted, thanks :)
Recursion
20-03-2011, 07:57 PM
This shouldn't be an issue unless the user is hiding behind a proxy. Whilst I agree geoip isn't very accurate it should be accurate enough to place you in the correct timezone.
A big one is mobile networks, for example if you visit the site using a T-Mobile phone it puts you in Germany because they route you through Deutsche Telekom.
HotelUser
20-03-2011, 08:28 PM
Oh okay...isn't that -5 GMT tho? :P But cool didn't realise :)

It's normally four but due to our daylight savings preceding yours it's currently three.

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