Same for me, Robert. Google Calendar works the same way. I just choose my time-zone. Why not have the viewer show UTC and the local time of the user, just to help the user be able to see the Universal Grid Time at a glance? All grid serverscould keep their time set by a reliable ntp server and passed on to the viewer/client.
Also, in the future, the viewer could very likely simply be a web browser, but I don't want to get too far off topic. ~~Fish~~ On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Robert Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm, any meeting or event that I have attended on this planet is generally > formatted in the timezone of the host venue. Anyone attending just has to > deal with it. What about each simulator uses the timezone of whatever the > admin chooses and each viewer simply runs in the timezone of the user's > computer? Scripts could therefore depend on that model and adjust > themselves > accordingly. What about a toggle or on/off tick in the viewer? Would it > even > need one? > > Remember, 2-5 years from now hopefully we will not be depending on the SL > viewer as a stop-gap but instead be using the strengths of our own. > > -Robert > > > > Charles Krinke wrote: > > > > Frank: > > > > The issue came up with respect to implementing "events". Someone else > > indicated that certain scripts that use the underlying servers time with > > LSL calls would be affected. > > > > So, it isnt a sun issue so much as a side affect on co-ordinating things > > from region to region with events, scripts and similar. > > > > Charles > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Frank W Sweet <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:01:15 PM > > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Correcting Metaverse Time > > > > Charles Krinke wrote: "those running grids and major standalones that > > are HyperGridded can easily set their sims to UTC without any > > additional prompting from us..." > > > > Umm. How? The "time" function was removed from the [sun] section of > > opensim.ini because it had no effect. > > > > Frank W Sweet > > Backintyme Publishing > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Charles Krinke" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] Correcting Metaverse Time > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Correcting-Metaverse-Time-tp2179635p2184858.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 >
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