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clampett
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Posts show wrong time

#1 Post by clampett »

I'm in Central Time Zone (American/Chicago).
When I read posts that were just posted, they are showing one hour in my future.
I can correct it by changing from -5 to -6 hours or choosing America/Boise instead of choosing the America/Chicago zone.
When I choose a different zone, the board recommends the -5 hours. So it is detecting my correct time zone, just not displaying it correctly.

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#2 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Just grab a different timezone so the time shows correctly for you. We cannot change the phpbb code.

Or is the problem that you cannot change it?
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Re: Posts show wrong time

#3 Post by clampett »

Eadwine Rose wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2024 2:37 am Just grab a different timezone so the time shows correctly for you.
clampett wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:46 pm I can correct it by changing from -5 to -6 hours or choosing America/Boise instead of choosing the America/Chicago zone.
That's what I did. I didn't know if there was a setting wrong on the board or if it was just me.
Not that critical, as yesterday was the first time I'd noticed it.

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#4 Post by j2mcgreg »

clampett wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:46 pm I'm in Central Time Zone (American/Chicago).
When I read posts that were just posted, they are showing one hour in my future.
I can correct it by changing from -5 to -6 hours or choosing America/Boise instead of choosing the America/Chicago zone.
When I choose a different zone, the board recommends the -5 hours. So it is detecting my correct time zone, just not displaying it correctly.
When this happens to me, I just select another city in the same time zone. You say that you are in Chicago, so try Milwaukee or Green Bay.
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#5 Post by MXRobo »

clampett wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:46 pm ...I can correct it by changing from -5 to -6 hours or choosing....
Could someone please tell me where, how, what tool/app to change this from?
I doubt it's MX-Date&Time.
I'm on MX-21.3 NOT 23

Thank You.

++EDIT- Thanks @CharlesV for reply/post #6!
++EDIT2-Thanks @Eadwine Rose! I didn't catch the board referring to the forum, hence why no tool/app to change this from - OK.
But I noticed mine are off too.
Last edited by MXRobo on Tue Jul 16, 2024 11:21 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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#6 Post by CharlesV »

MXRobo wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2024 1:13 pm
clampett wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 9:46 pm ...I can correct it by changing from -5 to -6 hours or choosing....
Could someone please tell me where, how, what tool/app to change this from?
I doubt it's MX-Date&Time.
I'm on MX-21.3 NOT 23

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#7 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Forum times are adjusted in the User Control Panel, board preferences.
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#8 Post by siamhie »

You can also change the date and time for forum posts here. ucp.php?i=174
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Re: Posts show wrong time

#9 Post by clampett »

@Eadwine Rose , thanks for post #2 explaining that it can't be solved by a forum software tweak.
Choosing @siamhie post #8 as the solution as it is direct link for those that may be new or not know their way around the board yet.

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