#2759 - Auto DST setting

By Adam Edington
Added 8th Aug 2016, 5:45 PM
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Identifier	#2759
Issue type	Feature request or suggestion
Title	Auto DST setting
Status	Closed (no changes needed)
Handling member	Chris Graham
Addon	core
Description	This profile option exists in other forum software, and I expect all the code is is in place to make this an easy option to add. Saves members adjusting their timezone when DST applies.
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By Guest posted 8th Aug 2016, 5:49 PM

This should already be the case. You select the timezone's representative city, and the timezones are based on the zoneinfo database which applies DST.

For example, Europe/London isn't just UTC, it's a defined timezone with particular jump date rules.

By Guest posted 8th Aug 2016, 7:40 PM

Okay, so it just works without needing a setting being applied. Pretty sure I had to adjust my timezone on the ocportal site for DST changes, but maybe v10 is different. Thanks.

By Guest posted 8th Aug 2016, 7:46 PM

It's possible you had it set to UTC instead of London.

By Guest posted 8th Aug 2016, 7:47 PM

Oh wait, ocPortal site is kind of pre-v8, so really outdated, that may be why.

By Guest posted 8th Aug 2016, 9:25 PM

Yeah, was going from memory of the old site but on the current Composr site I am set to UTC+1. In the dropdown there is UTC (No daylight saving) which made me think nothing had changed with regard to the system determining when DST is in effect and automatically changing the timezone to match. Think it was on a vbulletin board where I saw the option in edit profile to have the system autodetect DST and update your timezone. Anyhow, if this is what happens with Composr, that's cool :) The vbulletin thing seems daft to have it as an option, it should be auto adjusting all accounts that it applies to, or none at all.