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Lunatic Shakhid	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:02:00 - [1] UTC is a scientific standard used when an accuracy better than +/- 0.9 seconds is required. The time involved in patching online software inherently contains a much larger margin of error than this. Why not just the more familiar, and for our purposes equivalent, GMT?
Shimizu Taiki Gallente CaeIum Incognitum	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:04:00 - [2] Because no country is currently at GMT at present due to Summer Time? It's not as though it actually makes a difference.
Barb Dwyer	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:05:00 - [3] coz CCP are based in Iceland and they are on constant UTC(they dont have daylight savin) and its there game so why not?
RaTTuS BIG Majesta Empire	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:06:00 - [4] Iceland is on GMT
Lunatic Shakhid	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:07:00 - [5] Originally by: Shimizu Taiki Because no country is currently at GMT at present... Apart from Iceland.
Catari Taga Centre Of Attention Rough Necks	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:07:00 - [6] Originally by: Lunatic Shakhid UTC is a scientific standard used when an accuracy better than +/- 0.9 seconds is required. The time involved in patching online software inherently contains a much larger margin of error than this. Why not just the more familiar, and for our purposes equivalent, GMT? Considering GMT is no longer the offical basis for time zones all over the world since nearly 40 years now did you just want to look dumb or could you really not come up with a better topic to troll with?
Mal Kuni	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:07:00 - [7] Originally by: Shimizu Taiki Because no country is currently at GMT at present due to Summer Time? It's not as though it actually makes a difference. Iceland is GMT/UTC, whatever... Why they don't just say GMT is beyond me.
Vespoi Filar	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:08:00 - [8] they are using UTC in an attempt to remind drunk Brits that they are on BST right now and hence not synced to GMT.
Tiberizzle	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:08:00 - [9] GMT is for *****es
Katja Saitou	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:09:00 - [10] Originally by: Wikipedia Reykjavik, Iceland, which is always on UTC time and does not use daylight savings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC
Pesky LaRue Minmatar Brotherhood Of Fallen Angels	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:09:00 - [11] Originally by: Lunatic Shakhid UTC is a scientific standard used when an accuracy better than +/- 0.9 seconds is required. The time involved in patching online software inherently contains a much larger margin of error than this. Why not just the more familiar, and for our purposes equivalent, GMT? It's the coordinated Universal Time - seems very apropos for EvE, no?
Ti'anla Minmatar	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:10:00 - [12] Edited by: Ti''anla on 26/05/2010 17:10:30 Also, as the OP said, UTC is a scientific standard for when accuracy is important. EVE's most critical requirement is that synchronisation remains constant between server and client, I think that demands a high accuracy rating (even if there is a lot more to it than both knowing what time it is). Why not use the most accurate time possible for your server? And why not in turn use that as the basis for everything else? Makes sense to me.
Barb Dwyer	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:10:00 - [13] sorry i was just quoting Wiki..... Many modern electronic devices such as the iPod use maps and city names instead of configuring time display via traditional time zones. On such devices, it is possible to display UTC or Zulu time by selecting Reykjavik, Iceland, which is always on UTC time and does not use daylight savings. you had better contact them and let them know
Grateler	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:10:00 - [14] Yeah why use what the world has been using for hundreds of years lol. Anyway, just to clarify, what time is it actually meant to be online again? 19:00 UK Time ?!
Bootius McGee	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:11:00 - [15] Iceland has daylight?
Lunatic Shakhid	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:13:00 - [16] Originally by: Catari Taga did you just want to look dumb or could you really not come up with a better topic to troll with? Do you consider asking all questions to be dumb, or just those few that you can answer? (This one's rhetorical btw).
Tanairi	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:14:00 - [17] UTC = EVETIME period!
Illwill Bill House of Tempers	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:15:00 - [18] Originally by: Vespoi Filar they are using UTC in an attempt to remind drunk Brits that they are on BST right now and hence not synced to GMT. This. Every year, there's a crapflood of posts from Brits with imperial delusions, and severe deficiencies in the common knowledge department, and telling them that BST != GMT seem to be pointless, so CCP now uses UTC instead.
Grateler	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:15:00 - [19] Originally by: Tanairi UTC = EVETIME period! Which makes sense to use it.
Professor Tarantula Hedion University	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:19:00 - [20] Edited by: Professor Tarantula on 26/05/2010 17:20:03 The UTC is a tool of our shapeshifting reptilian overlords to psychologically prepare us for the one world government/new world order. After it is implemented, all talk of there ever being time zones will be erased from history, and schools will teach that UTC was first invented by Jesus, who will be regarded as a reptilian messiah from Venus.

CCP Masterplan C C P	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:19:00 - [21] Originally by: Bootius McGee Iceland has daylight? We do. Right now we have about twenty hours of daylight, with a wonderful sunset/sunrise occupying the remaining four hours. You should see the number of people wearing shorts in the office today!

Ti'anla Minmatar	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:20:00 - [22] .. Okay.. now, why is it that my computer, set to British local time (18:19), is telling me it's also 18:19 UTC when I ask it to show that as an additional clock? >.>
Guillame Herschel Gallente NME1	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:22:00 - [23] Originally by: Ti'anla Also, as the OP said, UTC is a scientific standard for when accuracy is important. That's not all it's for. Every other time zone in the world is defined as an offset from UTC. The reason CCP and most other globally utilized data services run their clocks on UTC is because there is never any daylight savings time, and the offset is always zero. This makes log analysis and other tasks far easier to do, because no time conversion calculations are required.
lylaal Macabre Votum	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:25:00 - [24] UTC doesnt change with winter/summer
Malcanis Vanishing Point. The Initiative.	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:25:00 - [25] Thread lacks australians complaining about downtime.
Zeba Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:25:00 - [26] Originally by: Guillame Herschel Originally by: Ti'anla Also, as the OP said, UTC is a scientific standard for when accuracy is important. That's not all it's for. Every other time zone in the world is defined as an offset from UTC. The reason CCP and most other globally utilized data services run their clocks on UTC is because there is never any daylight savings time, and the offset is always zero. This makes log analysis and other tasks far easier to do, because no time conversion calculations are required. Not to mention that since eve is literally a worldwide game it makes sense to have a common time standard that never varies. So if you call for a fleet op at 0600 then everyone will know exactly when to log on.

CCP Zymurgist Gallente C C P	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:27:00 - [27] Edited by: CCP Zymurgist on 26/05/2010 17:28:30 Originally by: Bootius McGee Iceland has daylight? Currently daylight in Iceland is a 24 hour thing. Edit: CCP Masterplan shakes fist at you My forum foo is off today... We used to use GMT but have been trying more and more to use UTC for our timezone terminology. It is a standard and doesn't change with the seasons.

Mail Lite The Black Rabbits Academy The Gurlstas Associates	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:30:00 - [28] Originally by: Ti'anla .. Okay.. now, why is it that my computer, set to British local time (18:19), is telling me it's also 18:19 UTC when I ask it to show that as an additional clock? >.> Because you fail. If you set your clock to GMT and UTC it will show the same times. However if you set your clock to British Summer time (GMT + 1 hour) you'll get 17.30 UTC and 18.30 British time. Mail
Preden Minmatar Estigia Corp.	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:33:00 - [29] Edited by: Preden on 26/05/2010 17:33:56 Hey, awesome CCP guys, when's Tyrannis available for download? I'm thinking of applying for a CCP job... Is it a fun job? P.S. Complete hijack of topic but I think the topic has been answered! :)
Radgette	Posted - 2010.05.26 17:33:00 - [30] Originally by: CCP Zymurgist Edited by: CCP Zymurgist on 26/05/2010 17:28:30 Originally by: Bootius McGee Iceland has daylight? Currently daylight in Iceland is a 24 hour thing. Edit: CCP Masterplan shakes fist at you My forum foo is off today... We used to use GMT but have been trying more and more to use UTC for our timezone terminology. It is a standard and doesn't change with the seasons. GMT doesn't change either it's always the same and exactly the same as UTC it's just that in the summer people in britain change to GMT+1 or BST. so your reasoning is a bit off :P

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