Q&A Session with Aaron Hall. (Offline Edition) - Page 4

Timstone · #31 August 10th, 2004, 01:29 PM

Quote:

11:00am to 11:30am PST (Pacific Standard Time) California time (Aaron's time) GMT -12:00
2:00pm to 2:30pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)Montreal, NY Time (My time) GMT -8:00

and..

6:00pm to 7:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time) California time (Aaron's time) GMT -12:00
9:00pm to 10:00pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)Montreal, NY Time (My time) GMT -8:00

I hope this helps clear the time zones thing.

Cheers!

Okay, so if I understand this right, I must login at:
- 24:00 to 24:30
or
- 7:00 to 7:30

I live here in London time +1.
Correct?

Alneyan · #32 August 10th, 2004, 03:21 PM

Erh, I don't have my table ready, but wouldn't EST be at around -6 and Pacific Time at -8 (possibly -9)? -12 would be at the other side of the globe, which would be New Zealand.

If I am right, it would make for about 8 pm/9 pm in Europe for the first time, and in the small hours of the night for the second time (4 or 5 in the morning). Did I get the maths right? *Curses time zones*

David E. Gervais · #33 August 10th, 2004, 04:07 PM

Ok, a nifty little chart to help people with their login times..

Global Time Chart

I hope this helps, Cheers!

Fyron · #34 August 10th, 2004, 04:27 PM

You could always log into the channel today (or tomorrow, or some day before friday) and ask someone to tell you their timezone and local time. Most effective would be someone in the PST time zone, as that is where Aaron is located. There are a number of channel regulars in the PST time zone, including Tevlik, Puke, Will^, Narf, myself, and others.

Daylight savings screws with timezone calculations pretty badly... Not every place in every time zone does Daylight savings, and most places start and end it at different times (different days of the year). Arizona, USA, for example, does not do daylight savings at all.

Of course, to be safe on Friday, log in an hour early.

tesco samoa · #35 August 10th, 2004, 04:58 PM

hehe... one more

Will you have the option to retreat from combat if the situations are just right to get away ?

tesco samoa · #36 August 10th, 2004, 04:59 PM

and one more.

Will you be able to cloak in combat and have the abilty to decloak , fire and recloak....

Baron Munchausen · #37 August 10th, 2004, 09:33 PM

You could post a countdown timer on your website giving the exact time till the chat starts. Many people are probably anxious enough to keep checking it.

Fyron · #38 August 10th, 2004, 10:00 PM

Hmm... want to make such a timer? I don't know how to do it...

Edit: Ok, I think I found someone to make one...

Timstone · #39 August 11th, 2004, 04:40 AM

Quote:

11:00am to 11:30am PST (Pacific Standard Time) California time (Aaron's time) GMT -12:00
2:00pm to 2:30pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)Montreal, NY Time (My time) GMT -8:00

and..

6:00pm to 7:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time) California time (Aaron's time) GMT -12:00
9:00pm to 10:00pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)Montreal, NY Time (My time) GMT -8:00

I hope this helps clear the time zones thing.

Cheers!

Okay, I think I've found it!
Damn, I'll have to go out of my bed early! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
Fortunately it is for a good cause.

HTe thing that really confused me is that freaking annoying 12 hour PM and Am stuff. That is really man's most stupid way of indicating time!
Anyway, these are the times that I will be able to talk with you guys and with Aaron:
- 2:00 to 2:30 (yes, at night)

and

- 9:00 to 9:30 (in the morning)

I live in the Paris timezone.
Can somebody confirm this?

csebal · #40 August 11th, 2004, 09:01 AM

Dont get me wrong please, but why cant people specify times in GMT, especially for events that are supposed to be international.

GMT is universal (actually, it equals UTC), independent from Daylight saving and other confusing elements, and as every other timezone is specified as GMT+x, its logical to use GTM when specifying times.

A little help with time zones:
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/a...ons/timezones/

Based on that,
11AM PST (or 11:00 PST) is 19:00GMT (PST = GMT-8)
2PM EST (or 14:00 EST) is (suprisingly) 19:00GMT as well (EST = GMT-5)

6PM PST (or 18:00 PST) is 02:00GMT
same goes for 9PM EST

So the chat will be
19:00GMT - 19:30GMT (friday)
and
02:00GMT - 03:00GMT (saturday)

Because of Daylight saving, most of europe will have to add 1 or 2 hours to that, based on your timezone.

We use WEST (Western European Summer Time), which is GMT+1
and CEST (Central European Summer Time), which is GMT+2
or even EEST (Eastern European Summer Time), which is GMT+3

As Far i know, WEST is only used by Spain and Portugal, and maybe Parts of France
CEST is used by most of Europe, even in Hungary, which is quite far to the east side.

Then again, i do not have the map ahead of me, so i may be wrong. In that case, feel free to correct me.

Hope it helps
csebal