Allowing for Daylight Saving Time

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Andyman77
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Allowing for Daylight Saving Time

Post by Andyman77 »

Ok, just a small request/idea to add if possible.
I know one can change the server time so when one changes from Winter time (GMT) for the UK, to Summer time when all clocks go forward 1 hour etc.
Now I put an entry in this morning (at 2:30 am (clocks went forward at 2am). The problem was that the item didn't get 'published' for another hour?! so the item that was written and submitted at 2:30 am was visible only after 03:30.

So the idea I have, is it possible to have a) Server offset and new Item
B: to have a Daylight saving time added ?

If I change the server offset, the all the times in the blog become GMT+1 when they were written when the time was GMT?
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blogjam
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Allowing for Daylight Saving Time

Post by blogjam »

Ditto for me. It would be useful in the server offset settings there was a checkbox to adjust for British Summer Time.

If I correct the time difference on the server from +8 to +9, the timestamps on all my posts (old and new) are out by an hour. If I leave it as it, my new posts are delayed for an hour before they go online.

I think the US times follow suit in a weeks time, so it's a temporary issue each year, but one that would be nice to see fixed...
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