5 Jan 2011 12:24
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6 Jan 2011 05:36
Re: time zone?
Maxim Yanchenko <maximyanchenko <at> yandex.ru>
2011-01-06 04:36:10 GMT
2011-01-06 04:36:10 GMT
Steinar Bang <sb <at> dod.no> writes: > > > So? Is it by design? > > Well... it's the server's time zone, which is the usual practice. > Even if it's usual practice I don't know of, it's still very inconvenient to a user who lives in a completely different timezone, like me living in Japan. Why not having a simple cookie with the user time zone, so the server could make timestamps according to it? Of course, I could make a GreaseMonkey script to adjust time/date inside my browser, but the problem is that the date in the list doesn't contain year, thus making the conversion unreliable (date conversion depends on year as daylight saving adjustments happen on different dates). It's way easier for the server to do this conversion. Just a humble feature request for overall great site. Thanks, Maxim
6 Jan 2011 09:26
Re: time zone?
Duncan <1i5t5.duncan <at> cox.net>
2011-01-06 08:26:08 GMT
2011-01-06 08:26:08 GMT
Maxim Yanchenko posted on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:36:10 +0000 as excerpted: > Steinar Bang <sb <at> dod.no> writes: >> >> > So? Is it by design? >> >> Well... it's the server's time zone, which is the usual practice. >> >> > Even if it's usual practice I don't know of, it's still very > inconvenient to a user who lives in a completely different timezone, > like me living in Japan. > > Why not having a simple cookie with the user time zone, so the server > could make timestamps according to it? > > Of course, I could make a GreaseMonkey script to adjust time/date inside > my browser, but the problem is that the date in the list doesn't contain > year, thus making the conversion unreliable (date conversion depends on > year as daylight saving adjustments happen on different dates). > > It's way easier for the server to do this conversion. > Just a humble feature request for overall great site. I believe users who care /that/ much about the time posted are supposed to use the nntp interface with their preferred nntp client. Sane nntp clients will do that conversion automatically based on the system timezone settings and/or have a setting that controls it. The web archive version is a convenient way to point readers that might not have a news client to a port or thread (particularly when there's a link available in the news(Continue reading)
6 Jan 2011 09:56
Re: time zone?
Adam Sjøgren <asjo <at> koldfront.dk>
2011-01-06 08:56:45 GMT
2011-01-06 08:56:45 GMT
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 04:36:10 +0000 (UTC), Maxim wrote: > Even if it's usual practice I don't know of, it's still very > inconvenient to a user who lives in a completely different timezone, > like me living in Japan. > Why not having a simple cookie with the user time zone, so the server > could make timestamps according to it? Why not use nntp to read the articles on gmane, as God intended?, Adam -- -- "Accept the mystery!" Adam Sjøgren asjo <at> koldfront.dk
9 Jan 2011 15:35
Re: time zone?
Maxim Yanchenko <maximyanchenko <at> yandex.ru>
2011-01-09 14:35:22 GMT
2011-01-09 14:35:22 GMT
> > Why not having a simple cookie with the user time zone, so the server > > could make timestamps according to it? > > Why not use nntp to read the articles on gmane, as God intended? I can't use nntp at work :( Anyway, it's just a humble feature request. I, being a programmer, don't see any problem with implementing this, but it's up to Lars, of course. Would be a great addition to the site, if done. Thanks, Maxim
15 Jan 2011 23:03
Re: time zone?
Matija Nalis <mnalis-news <at> voyager.hr>
2011-01-15 22:03:09 GMT
2011-01-15 22:03:09 GMT
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 14:35:22 +0000 (UTC), Maxim Yanchenko <maximyanchenko <at> yandex.ru> wrote: >> > Why not having a simple cookie with the user time zone, so the server >> > could make timestamps according to it? >> >> Why not use nntp to read the articles on gmane, as God intended? > > I can't use nntp at work :( > > Anyway, it's just a humble feature request. > I, being a programmer, don't see any problem with implementing this, but it's up > to Lars, of course. Would be a great addition to the site, if done. I think the code is available on https://github.com/larsmagne/weft so why don't you, as a programmer, implement this feature and send link to your git repository? -- -- Opinions above are GNU-copylefted.
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