On-Rev and Daylight Savings Time

stephen barncard stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com
Mon Aug 31 18:50:47 EDT 2009


Actually google has a time-thingie on the 'home page'
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Stephen Barncard
San Francisco
http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev


2009/8/31 Jim Ault <jimaultwins at yahoo.com>

> Since you will have a functioning internet connection,
> the quick answer would be to ping one of the many free time servers out
> there.
> Google search and choose the one you like.
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Gregory Lypny wrote:
>
>  Hello everyone,
>>
>> How can I handle daylight savings time in my On-Rev code?  We're currently
>> in DST in Montreal.  When I type
>>
>>        put the long time
>>
>> in Revolution's message box, I get the correct time as
>>
>>        5:52:13 PM
>>
>> but when I ask for the long time in an On-Rev handler I get
>>
>>        4:52:13 PM
>>
>> which is standard time.
>>
>> Getting the correct local time, at least within a half hour, is critical
>> because it is being used to determine the start and end of an online
>> experiment, and I can't have subject submitting form data outside those
>> times.
>>
>> Much obliged,
>>
>> Gregory
>>
>> P.S.  I'm using a Mac.
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> Jim Ault
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