I see what you mean Charles and maybe the need is to mimic our current planet by settling on a Metaversal Time as the starting point (MTC or UTC) and leave open the path for supporting local time zones for local needs? We have multiple time zones in RL with a single and sensible starting point. Right now the SLT standard just doesn't seem like a good starting point since nobody else references it. You mention setting simulators to local time, does that also show up correctly in the viewer? Is there some tweak to the OpenSim software, the viewer, or is it just a matter of setting the server time? Maybe have a setting in the viewr to show either local or MTC?
While we are on the subject, what about setting a day that the metaverse started? RL has A.D. and B.C., what about this new universe having some sort of starting point to celebrate? Maybe the first birthday of OpenSim? The second? What do we call it? In the future there may very well be a need to reference the start of it all... just a thought. :) -Robert Certainly, those running grids and major standalones that are HyperGridded can easily set their sims to UTC without any additional prompting from us, and I have already done this with those I can directly influence. Now that we seem heading towards some semblance of a consensus, let me open two itty-bitty "Pandora's Boxen" that others have described to me. But, there are sims running in folks homes and on servers where for other then OpenSim reasons, these folks wish the server (or desktop computer in some cases) to run on the local timezone, where ever it is. These reasons run from needing mail programs like Outlook to work correctly. These folks end up at a disadvantage unless we can tell them how to ensure their OpenSim clock is on UTC. Another issue is that the SL client itself seems to favor PST, so we have client perceptions to deal with. Although as other clients gain some wider use, this issue is likely to resolve itself over time. I would not want either of these to stop a movement towards an OpenSim Metaverse timezone, but, these are the two major issues that folks have discussed with me that currently cause them angst. With the highest respect to this illustrious group, Charles Krinke -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Correcting-Metaverse-Time-tp2179635p2184058.html Sent from the opensim-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
