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Wikify
It would be nice if someone wikified these: putting a link from GMT to
GMT and put each indivdual timezone with a link to the countries it covers.--
God_of War20:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)reply
let people choose If the point of userboxes is expression of user preferences, I don't see how it'll do much good to force users to use one format over another. The below solution (
Template:User timezone) will wikify the entire timezone (e.g.
UTC+5), and those pages do list the locations that use that time. --
Eric's penguin01:35, 21 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Non-standard time zones
What about timezones that are not "standard" (ex: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Iran, Central Australia, Newfoundland, etc.)? — Preceding
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User6854 (
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contribs) 01:04, 6 January 2006
By the same token, the eastern seaboard of the United States is called
EST for standard time, and
EDT (which sometimes conflicts with the Australian time zone) for daylight savings. There doesn't seem to be an easy solution to this, but see my comment below. horsedreamer23:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)reply
I've added the CET template to cover these type of problem for our european users, i personally think that names of timezones should be used (with a link to the article about that timezone) instead of the difference between GMT... but that's my personal opinion.
Alexanderpas21:05, 24 February 2006 (UTC)reply
¿UTC? - ¿GMT? - Let the user decide
Add this code to the box and the user can specify GMT or UTC with a paramater. Now the only debate should be about what the default abbreviation should be--God of War01:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)reply
I feel that having so many GMT and UTC +/- boxes is redundant, when a single box which takes a parameter would suffice. GMT already has such a box. For that matter, why don't we make one box saying: This user's timezone is {{{1}}} and be done with the whole thing. horsedreamer22:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)reply
I tend to favor my solution, because it allows the user to specify GMT+/- or UTC+/- if they want, in addition to whatever specific designations they might prefer. --horsedreamer20:46, 20 April 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree with the simplicity of your solution, Hd; I was trying for the same thing with automatic wikification of UTC/GMT. I altered yours so that the entire time zone will be wikified. I now think yours is better. --
Eric's penguin01:35, 21 April 2006 (UTC)reply
I have one up there I made quite a while ago: {{User time diff}}. Perhaps we should decide which one(s) to officially use and destroy the others. Mine has a different color scheme, but that could be changed, and it allows for custom color settings. -
Xol01:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)reply
The difference is that your userbox assumes GMT. The new one is completely scheme agnostic. I wouldn't necessarily support the deletion of the other userboxes right away, because it would break a good number of pages. If there is a way to gradually phase them out, then I would support the removal of other timezone boxes and using one completely customizable one. --horsedreamer04:51, 25 April 2006 (UTC)reply
There needs to be a "This user believes UTC is better than the local time" or something of the like. if I knew how to make the userboxes I'd do so...but I've not clue...
Dr Denim00:52, 22 May 2006 (UTC)reply