2008/4/24 Malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thursday 24 April 2008 03:03:37 Doc wrote:
>
>  > My server's regional settings (WinXP Pro machine) are set to Greek/
>  > Greece. I'm experiencing problems with date and date/time fields. All
>  > date/time fields I've managed to try refuse to accept time giving the
>  > following error:
>  >
>  > "14/4/2008 12:00:00 μμ" is an invalid date, or the date format is not
>  > known. Try "DD/MM/YYYY" instead.
>  > ("μμ" is Greek for "pm", and the page specifically said "Format: DD/MM/
>  > YYYY hh:mm:ss μμ")
>
>  I'm guessing it does not parse the μμ correctly. You could either using the 
> 24
>  hour clock (eg. 1pm is 13:00) or using the english for "pm" if that's an
>  option. Does either "14/4/2008 13:00:00" or "14/4/2008 1:00:00 pm" work?

It doesn't parse the time at all, in any format!

>  > This specific error was from the version management page. If I only
>  > specify the date, "14/4/2008" gets changed to "13/4/2008 9:00:00
>  > μμ" (13/4/2008 9:00:00 pm in the English-speking world).
>
>  That's a timezone issue. "14/4/2008" is "14/4/2008 00:00" (ie. midnight). So
>  that's getting parsed as "13/4/2008 9:00:00 pm" GMT but then displayed in GMT
>  rather than your local timezone. That might be a configuration issue on your
>  server or trac.

I'm not sure it's a timezone issue. I am GMT+2 hours, and the input
box appears with my the correct local time preset. Maybe it's
internally stored in UTC, so it's +1 more hour for daylight savings?

>  > Something similar must happen with date-only fields. Changing the due
>  > date for a milestone changes it to the previous date.
>  >
>  > So:
>  > 1. Date/time fields don't accept a time part
>  > 2. Dates are reduced by 3 hours
>  >
>  > Note: changing the timezone preference for my login doesn't affect
>  > this behavior.
>
>  Which release of trac are you running?

I did mention 0.11b2 in a follow-up

Doc

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