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| | | Author: | sonnich  | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 03:08 | | Subject: | What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 225 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
WBR
Sonnich
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| | | | | Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 03:15 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
Eastern Daylight Time
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| | | | | Author: | WILYKAT | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
WBR
Sonnich
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Should be EST, daylight savings time hasn't started yet. And using GMT isn't
going to work with everyone, not everyone knows where they live in relation to
GMT. EST is -5 hours for example.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Smron | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 12:34 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WILYKAT writes:
| | In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
WBR
Sonnich
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Should be EST, daylight savings time hasn't started yet. And using GMT isn't
going to work with everyone, not everyone knows where they live in relation to
GMT. EST is -5 hours for example.
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Everyone should know where they live in relation to GMT, if they can't, the
education system has failed everyone.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 15:59 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Smron writes:
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Everyone should know where they live in relation to GMT, if they can't, the
education system has failed everyone.
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To nitpick, a time zone is defined relatively to UTC (Universal Time Coordinated).
GMT means “UTC+0 time zone” (most of the time, because “GMT” covers several definitions,
hence why it was replaced by UTC)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Smron | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 16:37 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Smron writes:
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Everyone should know where they live in relation to GMT, if they can't, the
education system has failed everyone.
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To nitpick, a time zone is defined relatively to UTC (Universal Time Coordinated).
GMT means “UTC+0 time zone” (most of the time, because “GMT” covers several definitions,
hence why it was replaced by UTC)
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Fair enough. When I was growing up, it was explained to us as GMT +/-.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 17:54 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, Smron writes:
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Everyone should know where they live in relation to GMT, if they can't, the
education system has failed everyone.
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To nitpick, a time zone is defined relatively to UTC (Universal Time Coordinated).
GMT means “UTC+0 time zone” (most of the time, because “GMT” covers several definitions,
hence why it was replaced by UTC)
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Urinary Tract Condition?
John P
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| | | | | | | Author: | RobErNat | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WILYKAT writes:
| | In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
WBR
Sonnich
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Should be EST, daylight savings time hasn't started yet. And using GMT isn't
going to work with everyone, not everyone knows where they live in relation to
GMT. EST is -5 hours for example.
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So us, 'CET' guys are therefor 'forced' to remember that EST
is -5 compared to GMT and since CET is currently at +1 GMT we need to add that
up to know that the difference is 6 Hours between EST and CET 
Me thinks your explanation makes no sence whatsoever, particulary as there are
more BL users 'outside' the EST zone then BL members living 'in'
the EST zone 
It's just an outdated feature, most sites run in each 'propper' timezone...
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 15:23 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, RobErNat writes:
| | In Suggestions, WILYKAT writes:
| | In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
WBR
Sonnich
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Should be EST, daylight savings time hasn't started yet. And using GMT isn't
going to work with everyone, not everyone knows where they live in relation to
GMT. EST is -5 hours for example.
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So us, 'CET' guys are therefor 'forced' to remember that EST
is -5 compared to GMT and since CET is currently at +1 GMT we need to add that
up to know that the difference is 6 Hours between EST and CET
Me thinks your explanation makes no sence whatsoever, particulary as there are
more BL users 'outside' the EST zone then BL members living 'in'
the EST zone
It's just an outdated feature, most sites run in each 'propper' timezone...
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I think it came from the fact the bricklink was brickBay and copied from ebay.
Ebay made bricklink change its name.
ebay did run on pacific coast time and I believe it still does, I have not checked
the time thing in a long while.
However most of bricklink is the offspring of ebay.
John P
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I figured it had to do with where BL was hosted in Indiana (Northstar?), since
admin lived in HI.
| | I think it came from the fact the bricklink was brickBay and copied from ebay.
Ebay made bricklink change its name.
ebay did run on pacific coast time and I believe it still does, I have not checked
the time thing in a long while.
However most of bricklink is the offspring of ebay.
John P
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | viejos | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 22:58 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | I figured it had to do with where BL was hosted in Indiana (Northstar?), since
admin lived in HI.
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It could be, depending on where one lives in Indiana. That state has (or had)
three different time zones if I recall correctly - one that went with Chicago,
one that went with the east coast, and then one that never changed and would
therefore be in sync with Chicago in the winter and New York in the summer. Crazy!
Wish they would do away with daylight savings time.
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| | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2017 12:24 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
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Erectile Dysfunction Treatment.
John P
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Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
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Not in the USA. To hard to convert so the standard here is Eastern Standard
Time. The USA has 6 time zones.
Now talk about going over the International Date Line.
When I went to Korea I left on Friday and arrived on Sunday. Cheated out of
my Saturday. When I came back I landed three hours before I took off.
John P
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| | | | | | | Author: | masterX244 | | Posted: | Feb 20, 2017 03:52 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
| | In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
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Erectile Dysfunction Treatment.
John P
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Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
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Not in the USA. To hard to convert so the standard here is Eastern Standard
Time. The USA has 6 time zones.
Now talk about going over the International Date Line.
When I went to Korea I left on Friday and arrived on Sunday. Cheated out of
my Saturday. When I came back I landed three hours before I took off.
John P
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that saturday was probably confiscated at the exit control at airport
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| | | | | | | Author: | sonnich | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2017 15:23 | | Subject: | Re: What is EDT? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
| | In Suggestions, sonnich writes:
| | When I read:
[REMINDER] The site will be down during the monthly maintenance scheduled at
02/22 from 01:00 AM to 02:00 EDT.
Just what is EDT?
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Erectile Dysfunction Treatment.
John P
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Please use GMT - that is understood worldwide.
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Not in the USA. To hard to convert so the standard here is Eastern Standard
Time. The USA has 6 time zones.
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Then I suggest to have both.
It should not be hard to read the location of the computer, and therefore use
EST/EDT for the US, and GMT for Europe and,.... others where needed.
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