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Ed Kolis
January 15th, 2003, 07:21 PM
Is there a hidden setting I'm missing to set the forums to display in local time, or is it GMT for everybody?
Arkcon
January 15th, 2003, 08:17 PM
IIRC, this board was sent to allow Zulu only
Ed Kolis
January 15th, 2003, 11:29 PM
Darn, kind of confusing when I come by at 7:30 in the evening and it says someone's posted tomorrow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif
Ragnarok
January 16th, 2003, 12:09 AM
Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Darn, kind of confusing when I come by at 7:30 in the evening and it says someone's posted tomorrow http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I got an answer for that... Timstones Gearbox... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
Kamog
January 16th, 2003, 05:40 AM
What is Zulu time?
Ragnarok
January 16th, 2003, 05:50 AM
Originally posted by Kamog:
What is Zulu time?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's basically the same as GMT...

Check out these links... http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/MAEL/ag/zulu.htm

And this...

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/questions/zulutime.html
Kamog
January 16th, 2003, 08:35 AM
Thanks for the explaination, Ragnarok. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Ed Kolis
January 16th, 2003, 05:52 PM
[/QB]I got an answer for that... Timstones Gearbox... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif [/QB]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What's that... anything like a Tardis? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif
Arkcon
January 16th, 2003, 06:04 PM
Originally posted by Kamog:
What is Zulu time?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greenwich Mean Time. The time at the prime meridian, 0 deg longitude, planet Earth.

Not the local time at Greenwich, England -- they use European time, GMT+1.

[EDIT]
Ohh, Rag's link tells me I'm using an outdated term, oh well, I'll always find it funny Greenwich doesn't use the time of the prime meridian -- I know it's important to match Europe -- still funny 'tho.

[ January 16, 2003, 16:09: Message edited by: Arkcon ]
dogscoff
January 16th, 2003, 06:25 PM
Not the local time at Greenwich, England -- they use European time, GMT+1.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do we? And here's me running around the UK with my watch set to GMT. No wonder I always arrive an hour early for everything...

[ January 16, 2003, 16:34: Message edited by: dogscoff ]
Arkcon
January 16th, 2003, 06:38 PM
Originally posted by dogscoff:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Not the local time at Greenwich, England -- they use European time, GMT+1.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do we? And here's me running around the UK with my watch set to GMT. No wonder I always arrive an hour early for everything...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's the way I heard it, it wasn't that you're set to Continental Time, you're all just permanantly on Daylight Savings http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[ January 16, 2003, 16:38: Message edited by: Arkcon ]
Ragnarok
January 16th, 2003, 07:20 PM
Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I got an answer for that... Timstones Gearbox... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif [/QB]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What's that... anything like a Tardis? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif [/QB]</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif I take it you haven't been to the Cantina before? Read through the Cantina and you'll find information regarding Timstones Gearbox. It's got some rather funny conversations with the Box as the center of it all.
Baron Grazic
January 17th, 2003, 12:30 AM
"Read through the Cantina".
Good one Rags, do you know how long that will take him? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
Ragnarok
January 17th, 2003, 05:56 AM
Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
"Read through the Cantina".
Good one Rags, do you know how long that will take him? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">True... Hmmm... I guess he could just do a search for subjects dealing with the Gearbox. But that isn't as fun. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Kamog
January 17th, 2003, 08:25 AM
I don't think the Gearbox is as versatile as a Tardis. The Gearbox just lets you travel forward or back in time and it doesn't have the ability to teleport to other planets.

...I miss Doctor Who. That was one of my favorite shows many years ago.