I like idea of using UTC time or GMT (depending on where you are from)more so because I have a military background and I understand it. However, my experience thus far in the civillian world has seen a surprising number of people who cant even understand a 24hour clock so using UTC time would really blow them out of the water.
With regard to the date time display which first started this thread, all that I am after is that when viewing a device web page any date time stamps are displayed as MM/DD/YY for example: Last Poll Time: 03/19/04 08:42:44 and Up since: 03/19/04 03:15:50 Contary to belief that the world does not really exist beyond the boundaries of the USA.....it would be handy if the date time stamps were able to select the date time stamp format to cater for us mortals who live on the other side of the world...... 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 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Valuikas Sent: Thursday, 18 March 2004 10:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Date and Time format 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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