Timezone and DST not working
Nov 1, 2014, 4:32 pm
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Timezone and DST not working
I have tried setting the "automatically detect timezone settings" option rather than forcing it and it does not seem to work properly
e.g. at the moment , with auto-detect, it identifies time for "Beijing , Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong" as being an hour earlier than the time is
As another example, the same situation exists for Eastern Australia
e.g. at the moment , with auto-detect, it identifies time for "Beijing , Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong" as being an hour earlier than the time is
As another example, the same situation exists for Eastern Australia
Nov 1, 2014, 7:18 pm
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It's never worked right for me. Twice a year I have to futz with the settings until I'm on the right time.
Nov 2, 2014, 1:35 am
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I have tried setting the "automatically detect timezone settings" option rather than forcing it and it does not seem to work properly
e.g. at the moment , with auto-detect, it identifies time for "Beijing , Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong" as being an hour earlier than the time is
As another example, the same situation exists for Eastern Australia
e.g. at the moment , with auto-detect, it identifies time for "Beijing , Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong" as being an hour earlier than the time is
As another example, the same situation exists for Eastern Australia
Nov 2, 2014, 3:10 pm
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It's working for me. I just posted in a thread after reading this thread, and the post time matched east coast time zone (IB is on west coast). Yup, my laptop says 5:10pm & so does the post time of this post. I've never had to futz with settings. Sorry to hear of others having problems.
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Nov 5, 2014, 8:25 pm
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It is an issue that repeats twice a year; there is something incorrect with the way that the software deals with timezones ; different countries move differently and on different dates to the USA
Mar 7, 2015, 5:26 pm
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According to the webpage with country of Australia
Originally Posted by FTR
All times are GMT +11. The time now is 12:24 pm.
Settings in profile are
Time Zone GMT +10 Eastern Australia, Guam, Vladivostok
Automatically detect DST settings
Either the GMT time or DST settings seem to again be automatically being detected incorrectly
GMT is 00:24
With DST in effect - time zone here is GMT+11
Mar 7, 2015, 9:07 pm
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Yes, likewise here in Thailand which does not observe any form of DST. The FT site says "All times are GMT +7. The time now is 12:07pm." when in fact it is 11:07am here.
Slightly OT, but it would also be great to get a 24-hour clock option.
Slightly OT, but it would also be great to get a 24-hour clock option.
Mar 9, 2015, 3:27 pm
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I will add a hearty second for a twenty-four hour clock option! ^
Mar 11, 2017, 9:19 pm
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The time zone issue has occurred again
According to FT, with auto detect of DST the time in Eastern Australia , Guam and Vladivostok is 1 hour ahead of the time in NSW in Eastern Australia
Is it possible to get the DST errors fixed rather than having to disable the feature?
According to FT, with auto detect of DST the time in Eastern Australia , Guam and Vladivostok is 1 hour ahead of the time in NSW in Eastern Australia
Is it possible to get the DST errors fixed rather than having to disable the feature?
Mar 15, 2017, 12:36 pm
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The time zone issue has occurred again
According to FT, with auto detect of DST the time in Eastern Australia , Guam and Vladivostok is 1 hour ahead of the time in NSW in Eastern Australia
Is it possible to get the DST errors fixed rather than having to disable the feature?
According to FT, with auto detect of DST the time in Eastern Australia , Guam and Vladivostok is 1 hour ahead of the time in NSW in Eastern Australia
Is it possible to get the DST errors fixed rather than having to disable the feature?