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

[Timstone]

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]

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

[Timstone]

I take it that my calculations/guesses were correct. Expect me to see/speak you guys in the second chat. The first is far too early for me.

[csebal]

Nope, actually u were wrong.

The first chat is supposed to happen from 19:00-19:30 GMT (friday evening),
while the second one wille be from 02:00-03:00 GMT (saturday morning)

...that can vary depending on the timezone you live in.
Western European Standard Time (WET) adds nothing
Western European Summer Time (WEST) adds 1 hour
Central European Standard Time (CET) adds 1 hour
Central European Summer Time (CEST) adds 2 hours
etc...

So for the Paris timezone i think it'll be 21:00-21:30 (friday night) and 04:00-05:00 (saturday morning). Given Paris is CEST as well, which i think it is.

For my country, Hungary, it is the CEST that we use at the moment, so for me, the above schedule is correct.

-- Is there anyone else, who could confirm what i wrote? I'm starting to get confused myself as well.

[Fyron]

As of right now, 11:00 PST is actually 18:00 GMT, as GMT does not adjust for daylight savings time...

[csebal]

Yay, another Version...

lol..

I think you are referring to Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), which is one hour earlier than Pacific Standard Time (PST)

As of right now, 11:00PST is actually 19:00 GMT, as GMT does not adjust for daylight savings time, neither does PST. The Daylight saving Version is called PDT and is GMT-7 instead of GMT-8 (which would be PST)

So Please someone tell us when that chat is supposed to happen.

at 11:00 PST or at 11:00 PDT?!?

I think we've got some nice timezone confusion for ourselves here.

The 64k $ question:
- Which one is the right answer?

[Caduceus]

Time travel is extraordinarily complicated.



Wildcard

[David E. Gervais]

This post is a time check based on the date time posted by the forum for this message.. will edit the projections once this is posted. brb..

This post was made at 2:00pm my time which is the time Aaron will join the chat on friday for the first session. and 7 hours later for the second session. I'll let you all do the math.

P.S. I'm going to try and lurk in the chat room as much as possible today. If you want to syncronize your time, just drop in and I'll do my best to set you straight. (you tell me your time, I'll tell you maine and I'll do the math for you)

Cheers!

[csebal]

Its 18:00 GMT now, so if you made that post 14:00 local time, you are GMT-4...
...which is either
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
or
Atlantic Standard Time (AST)

based on that the revised GMT schedule would look like:
18.00-18.30 GMT (friday)
and
01.00-02.00 GMT (saturday)

i think...

[Iansidious]

Can someone tell me what I need to do too get to the chat session? I downloaded Trillian and got that setup. But is there anything else I need to do. Not in the mood to problem solve today. Thanks