On Mon, 13 May 2019 at 16:07, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 13/05/2019 11.04, sebb wrote: > > On Mon, 13 May 2019 at 15:59, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On 5/13/19 10:03 AM, sebb wrote: > >>> On Mon, 13 May 2019 at 14:48, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 5/13/19 8:34 AM, Suresh Kumar Anaparti wrote: > >>>>> Hi ApacheCon team, > >>>>> > >>>>> CFP link to submit proposal is disabled before the deadline. Please > >>>>> check. > >>>> > >>>> No. It wasn't. This is a matter of timezone differences. > >>> > >>> I've not seen how the deadline time was expressed, but it sounds like > >>> it may have been expressed using a local time-zone. > >>> If so, may I suggest that future deadlines are expressed as UTC? > >>> Possibly also a weblink that automatically displays the local time. > >> > >> > >> Well, sure, ok, but it doesn't matter. No matter when we close the CFP, > >> no matter what timezone we have expressed it in, no matter what grace > >> period we provide, there are people who attempt to submit after it > >> closes. I am convinced that the only actual solution is to advertise one > >> close date/time, and then actually close it 24 hours after that. Except > >> then then people come to expect that, and you're back at the beginning. > >> > >> And, FWIW, CFP end time was expressed in the local time of the browser > >> viewing it, specifically so there could be no confusion. Yet here we are. > >> :) > > > > However the browser TZ may not have been set correctly. > > > > Whereas if the time is expressed in UTC, it is unambiguous. > > BTW, what was the deadline in UTC? > > it was 2 hours ago, so 1pm UTC. The system tells you it "closes in N > hours/days/months" depending on time remaining, so there should be no > confusion there as to when it closes. If you see "closes in one day" and > you wait a day, maybe don't :)
AFAICT 13:00 UTC is 18:30 IST (India Standard Time; +0530) This agrees with the deadline quoted by the OP, i.e. 6:30 PM IST However the OP says the CFP was already closed at 05:00 PM IST i.e. 17:00 IST Something does not add up here. > > > >> > >> -- > >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com > >> http://rcbowen.com/ > >> @rbowen >
