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Charles Stover
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Time (12th Mar 08 at 5:27pm UTC)
Timestamps should be set with JavaScript, so it automatically matches the user's time without having to save a time zone server-side, which the user has to set and update for every forum they're registered on, and... well... you know all that. If you send a time()stamp instead, it'd be precise on every computer. Something like, <span class="stamp" title="H:i:s \| 11614849951351">12:17:03</span> With some script at the bottom that parses all that to display the timestamp (which probably isn't valid in the example) in <span>s with the className stamp to the format given before " \| ". But I'm sure you could come up with a sexier way of arranging the parameters. That's just a basic idea. Then all times would be correct to-the-millisecond, with no server-side work.
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Re: Time (13th Mar 08 at 7:36am UTC)
I'm not exactly "code savvy" but if I remember correctly javascript isn't always enabled on peoples computers. If this were implemented wouldn't that alienate people making them have to enable it But of course I would like to not have to set my time every forum I join...
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Re: Time (13th Mar 08 at 7:40am UTC)
Posted By Fel!x on 13th Mar 08 at 7:36am But of course I would like to not have to set my time every forum I join... Which is why the "Import Account" feature was created. I don't much like this idea, though.
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Re: Time (18th Mar 08 at 3:42am UTC)
Posted By Fel!x on 13th Mar 08 at 7:36am I'm not exactly "code savvy" but if I remember correctly javascript isn't always enabled on peoples computers. If this were implemented wouldn't that alienate people making them have to enable it But of course I would like to not have to set my time every forum I join... The example I posted falls back on the server-side time for users without JavaScript enabled.
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Re: Time (24th Mar 08 at 7:00pm UTC)
I think this is a pretty good idea. It'd be pretty easy to implement server side as all times are handled by a single core function. It's the javascript part where I'd struggle to come up with something efficient
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