There was info on the static website that did not coincide with the Cfp software. That's all. I don't think there's anything complicated going on here.
On Mon, May 13, 2019, 21:05 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > >
