Hi, In hindsight, that was indeed not such a good decision. I think the best way to rectify this without invalidating the old data is simply to also log the timezone of the users. Once we know the timezone of a user, we can also reinterpret the old logs.
Cheers, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:mnemosyne- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 12 November 2014 08:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Timestamp in local or UTC time? > > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for your quick response! :) > > It seems that an unfortunate consequence of this is that the present > research dataset can’t yield interesting results on users’ memory > performance based on time of day. That’s sad, because I think this is one > area in which I think a lot of excellent research could be conducted in the > future! > > I wonder if it would be possible to: > > 1. Change Mnemosyne so it uploads local time rather than UTC to the > research server. (If timezone information could also be uploaded, that could > also make for an interesting research project sometime down the track.) > > 2. Archive the current research database and begin a new one afresh using > the local time information instead (otherwise the statistics will be skewed > significantly based on the old UTC time data), requiring users to upgrade > before their log data will be uploaded. > > Thanks again! > > > Tom. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/6a7196f6-33ce- > 41f6-bb1a-b41285979324%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/011901cffe4c%246d2b2f30%2447818d90%24%40UGent.be. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
