BUT
How do you handle figuring out what time zone the client browser is in, and whether or not the clock on the browser is correct?
The time value that is displayed on the bottom of the WUG pages could be re-written to display the local time, but is that clock right?
I have no clue how you'd alter the times that are displayed in the log entries.
Maybe we could add a header on the top of the log displays and next to the clock display at the bottom of the page to state indicate the time zone.
And let's not forget those spots that don't shift between DST and Standard.
Jay
At 03:36 AM 3/18/2004, you wrote:
Well this is a first...
I say Time-zone does matter in some cases and maybe in all... So I disagree.
The point is to let the user or in some cases the remote admin to see his/her real-time poll. In some cases who cares that it is 5:30am where IT/WUG is when he/she or I for that matter am looking at something from say in Frankfurt which is 12:30pm.
Having a network of about 10,000 users, 11 time zones and 130 offices I can't tell you how many times I had to explain the concept of the world is really round... :)
So to me what ever time zone you are in something that happened 30 minutes ago should reflect the point of view time and not a static WUG location time.
:>:>
Tv
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Drew Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Date and Time format
I say time zones don't count. When you are logged into the WUG machine, you care what time IT thinks it is. You'll look at ITS log and ITS timestamps.
I wrote a javascript to pop up a message if you were looking at a device that wasn't monitored due to the time / day of the week that you can program it not to monitor. It was easy to test the time / day of the week OF THE BROWSER. That doesn't count. It's what WUG's time is that counts. The javascripts had to read the WUG clock and compare it to the time / day of the week I had set for it not to monitor. Fun stuff.
And speaking of time format. WILL THE NEXT VERSION HAVE SLASHES and COLONS in the logfile timestamps. Please. Pretty Please.
Jay
At 01:30 PM 3/17/2004, you wrote: >Using the local system date format is definitely an option. However, it >does not take account of the possibility that one is maintaining a server >in (say) the UK and having users based in (say) Denmark. OK, one could >cater for that... but what about when one has users in UK *and* >Denmark? They each have their own display requirements. And of >course, there's also the issue of conveying timezone info... the user in >Denmark is in a different timezone to the user in the UK. A timestamp >like "08:00" is not the same thing for both users, unless timezone >differences are taken into account. > >Mark Symons >Ipswitch, Inc. >Augusta GA > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dowling, >Steve >Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 01:55 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Date and Time format > > > >How about just using the local system date format? > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gary Swanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, 17 March 2004 12:07 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] External User Auth > > >One little feature I would like to see is the ability to change the Date >Time appearance on the Web pages from MM\DD\YY to DD\MM\YY or whatever is >suitable for each location. > >Regards > >Gary Swanton, MCSE >(Acting) IT & T Services Delivery Manager - Jam Factory & Cinemas >IT Shared Services, Village Roadshow Limited >C Melbourne - Jam Factory* Level 1, 500 Chapel Street, South Yarra VIC 3141 >(Telephone + 61 3 9281*1044 Facsimile +61 3* 9804 7349 �0438 877 896 >Melbourne - Bourke St Level 3, 206 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 PO >Box 1411M, Melbourne VIC 3001 >+ 61 3 9667 6699 Facsimile +61 3 9639 7333 >Sydney - Pyrmont Level 4, 235 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont NSW 2009 GPO Box >2581 Sydney 2001 >Telephone + 61 2 9552 8777 Facsimile +61 2 9552 2510 > > ><snip> >********************************************************************** >This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain >privileged information or confidential information or both. If you >are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. >********************************************************************** > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
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