Query: Hours of posts 1 hr advanced

[TokWW]

We are 11 hours advanced on GMT not 12. I thought this site took DLS into account - we don't have but UK does. If neither did, (have DLS) then 12hrs is correct. Do we all have to go and change our time settings?

[Grant]

I have to be careful here to make sure we have correct settings otherwise everything goes to pot.

The site (for guests) is running @ 10:21pm NZ local time
Google displays NZ local time as 10:21pm NZST

If you have anything different I would suggest you check the DST settings for your profile. Mine are off.

[TokWW]

Ok - Settings I had were GMT +12 Hrs = Wgtn, Akld etc, and the next setting was DST is always on.

I thought that would counteract that UK is in DST and so we are only 11hrs ahead. I then set DST always off and the post times have come correct.

That's all a bit hard to understand.

You are left with GMT +12 hrs which is wrong if GMT is in DST OR is that a constant time reference and DST is never applied to it - just the UK inhabitants - then it makes sense. I am not a geographically educated person! Just mathematically...

So what are ZULU times referenced to then - Longtitude = 0º? Same as GMT?

Thanks anyway - everything is back to normal, phew - the world hasn't sped up after all.

Always learning something.

[RWood]

Simple - GMT or UT is not "season-variable". We are 12 hrs ahead now, 13 hrs during our DST phase. Before our permanent 1/2 hr of (effectively) daylight saving was put on in WW2, we were only 11.5 hrs ahead of GMT, reflecting our average longitude.

[TokWW]

I figured that was what it must be, and so we are 12 hrs based on the base of GMT. I just get confused with settings sometimes...

[Dollsworth]

when does DST begin/end in NZ?

[ATO2]

Originally Posted by Dollsworth

when does DST begin/end in NZ?

My understanding is that it is as follows: DST begins at 2 a.m. NZST on the last Sunday in September each year, and ends at 3 a.m. NZDT on the first Sunday in April.
In 2007 it changed and the period of DST became longer

[Dollsworth]

Originally Posted by ATO2

My understanding is that it is as follows: DST begins at 2 a.m. NZST on the last Sunday in September each year, and ends at 3 a.m. NZDT on the first Sunday in April.
In 2007 it changed and the period of DST became longer

thanks, certainly is interesting
at the moment my settings have DST on and has NZ time at GMT +13 - i was wondering if this was the right time for you in NZ, making the time 09:05, or if that meant that your time at present is only GMT+12, but the extra hour is added because we are in DST (BST - British Summer Time) at the moment, making it 08:05 in NZ?

[ATO2]

Right, mate: it is 8.17 am as I write this

[ATO2]

What I do, because I "use" 3 time zones in my email correspondence etc and it drives me bonkers at times- is I have my windows clock set so it gives me three times: Local, Dublin, and EST.