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| Thread ID: 37350 | 2003-09-04 22:16:00 | A timely question: | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 173071 | 2003-09-04 22:16:00 | Just curious, but why is it that PF1's errant timekeeping doesn't get reset manually once in a while.?:| I recall the issue of incorrect time on posts being discussed in one or two previous threads, but don't remember any explanation for the ongoing error. Is it not possible to link servers to one of those auto time correct sites? Seems such a simple problem to correct, even if done manually but it is way out of whack at the moment. Not good for the professional image.:| Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 173072 | 2003-09-04 22:19:00 | My thinking is that it's harder than it sounds. Remember this forum is kept in a (fairly large) database. If the time goes BACKWARDS, then suddenly it'll be displaying times that haven't occured yet (according to its own clock), and that could cause havoc. Although if they scheduled a couple of hours of downtime to cover for that (very early morning I suggest) it could work... Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 173073 | 2003-09-04 22:24:00 | ...Or like last night when it went down... But then you've got to realise that come two weeks from now it'll be back to a few minutes behind... Then you've got to find one of the IDG Admin's who's going to actually be awake at 2AM in the morning! Im not however looking forward to a month or so from now, posting half an hour into the future...! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 173074 | 2003-09-04 22:36:00 | It's a funny thing really. Every message has a messageID so you'd think that it should be ordered in that manner, but even vBulletin (http://www.vbulletin.org) which is regarded as the best forum software still displays the posts in order of time. I'm a member at some other forums and when the time gets out of whack they usually manually do a time synch in the early hours of the morning for a couple of reasons: a) Less effect for users b) About the only time the server admin is available to do it The end result for users is they'll find themselves posting an answer, but it will appear above what they were replying to (in most cases). Not sure how well Jive would handle it though. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 173075 | 2003-09-04 22:45:00 | It is getting ridiculous. If it is not feasible to correct the time in the wee small hours it would not hurt to take the forum down for half an hour during the day once a month or so to set the clock right. The forum goes down often enough now, after all. Of course, the forum administrators could be waiting until daylight saving begins before correcting it, but surely we are not going to have to put up with it until the change of the clocks every six months? |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 173076 | 2003-09-04 23:09:00 | Couldn't they automate the system so that at every night at about 3am or so, it does an auto-sync with a time server somewhere. It would be highly unlikely for anyone to be trying to post a message or read a post at that time. Also, by correcting it every day, then the downtime will only be the few minutes it takes for the time to be "current" in the database again. I don't know if this is possible for the particular server/software being run, but it would be a good thing to investigate. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 173077 | 2003-09-05 00:13:00 | test | Mary H (769) | ||
| 173078 | 2003-09-05 00:18:00 | test????? | somebody (208) | ||
| 173079 | 2003-09-05 01:38:00 | > test????? test!!!! ;-) To be honest though, I know the Admin's, and they DO have a life beyond PressF1 (Yes, believe it or not!). I dunno bout you but for most people they're simply not up at 2am to take the forum down for half an hour, then turn back the clock and bring the forum back up! Okay, so Im weird coz I do a fair amount of late-night surfing.. But c'mon guys, they do a great job simply providing us with this service. Does it really matter that the time-stamp is slightly out? |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 173080 | 2003-09-05 01:42:00 | Yes, well does it have to be manually done by a person? Can't the server be set to shut itself down at a certain time, update the time, then start itself back up? The admins won't have to do anything other than set up this automated process in the first place, then it should keep going for years and years without problems. | somebody (208) | ||
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