2011-03-03, 10:56 PM
XTOTHEL Wrote:Your timer is in two parts. One part is your CST time, the other is the countdown. I meant to change the CST part to be inline with the default(display the time zone) or user's preference.
I'm aware of what you meant, but again, see those 98% who it would still be exactly the same for.
More importantly if I did it your way tardmonkeys would assume they could enter time in their own locale and have it recognized and redisplayed for everyone in everyone else's own time zone which is even more untrue and misleading.
It's not worth the time or effort to make it look at input, convert it from the users timezone to the server timezone, then reconvert it to the subjective timezone of everyone who happens to look at it. It accepts time relative to the server. It displays time relative to server. Straightforward, predictable and consistent with no issues due to users having set the wrong timezone, users who don't have a timezone or other complications.
It's not having what you want - It's wanting what you've got.