I think if everything were referenced to UTC, then it wouldn't matter. The log file could be converted on the fly as it was being pulled with a UTC variable of some type and if the system the browser is being used would use it's time zone setting to display the realtime locally to it. The trick will be in having a UTC variable to work with and since I haven't investigated the WEB programming manual that far, don't know if one exists already or not but that would be one way of sync it up (sort of like the domain time in an NT domain is referenced as UTC and then the network users get their time set from that according to their Time Zone settings)...
------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan Harrell, SPII Network Transport & Administration - Tallahassee Fla. Dept of Revenue (850)-921-0700 S/C 291-0700 ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/18/2004 11:54:08 AM >>> I see your point...wait for it... 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. 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