What's up with the time?

[bunkie68 6]

My options are set for Central Time, and it's 2:37 PM here. But the board is telling me it's 9:37 AM! Can this be changed so that I see the correct time?

[Bright 9]

hey I agree with Lisa,

It says all times are GMT (which I take to mean Grenwich Mean Time) and I'm IN the GMT zone but the times are still 5 hours behind me!

Have i done something wrong in set up?

[Alexandra 55]

That is weird! When I select GMT as my local time (which is assuredly is not) the times appear correctly. When I select the Eastern US time zone, the time loses 5 hours and becomes incorrect.

Try selecting a time zone 5 hours later than where you actually are and see if that works for you.

[Alex Brecher 10,484]

You must:

1) log into your CP

2) Click "Edit Options"

3) Scroll down to "Date & Time Options"

4) Under "Time offset" choose your correct timezone

[Bright 9]

thanks Alex - I did that, and hey presto, "my" time is now correct!

[Alex Brecher 10,484]

I set this forum up myself and I was banging my head against the wall for a while until I figured out how to "fix" this issue.

[Bright 9]

you did? Well can i take this opportunity to thank you for this amazing forum! It's really brilliant - so clear, and handy - It was the first one I ever used and I took it for granted till I saw the others!!!! The Yahoo groups ones are so difficult! Maybe I'm an idiot but I can never find out where their threads start!

anyway THANK u soooooooooooooo much for this - I'm sure everyone agrees! :)

[Alexandra 55]

I'm testing this change now, again. I knew about that time offset change and it didn't work for me yesterday.

Yep! Now it works. Cool!

[Bright 9]

...............the little things that cheer us up! I just got the new IKEA catalogue - all the way from England, and I'm so happy - not to mention the time thing sorted! Ahhh all is at peace with the world..................