FP2002: How come date/timestamp is set back 3 hours when published

[James]

My local system time is accurate to the second, I use Atomic Clock to keep
the time updated.
When I update the front page to my web site and preview it in IE6 the time
stamp is correct as of the last update.
I created the code on my front page manually using Insert Date/Time etc.

Here's your HTML:

Last Update:
<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED"
S-Format="%A %B %d, %Y %I:%M:%S %p" -->

When I then publish the site to the host servers (Earthlink) and view the
web page online the date/timestamp has been set back three hours. This is
sooo weird.

It's consistently 3 hours the actual update time, whenever that was, the
last time I saved the changes to the site locally and then uploaded the
pages to the servers.

I'm in EST (New York), the website always shows PST (Californ-i-ayyyeee)

Just thought you'd like to know.

James

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Because that is the location of the Earthlink server, and it picks up the
date and time last updated on the server when published.

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[James]

That's what I figured, thanks. They must be in the Pacific Time Zone.
There isn't any way in FP2002 to adjust for that difference is there? I
mean, other than setting my system clock 3 hours ahead every time I update
the page so the time reflected on the server will be the correct time?
Seems kind of daft to have to do that... Thanks

James

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

There is no way to adjust the time.

Does it really matter to your site visitor which time zone is being used? If
so then you need to switch your web hosting to a server on the east coast.

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[no]

That's a very interesting good point. But actually nearly all of the site
visitors would reside on the East Coast since that's where the
industry-specific audience predominates.

Why not add "Pacific Time" after your time stamp code so the users
know the time zone?

 

[James]

That's funny! But visitors who know me would wonder what the hell I was
doing on the West Coast. LOL.