Last modified: 2010-05-15 15:38:30 UTC
Time in Signature for de.wikipedia is UTC instead of CEST, if Signature is created with '~~~~'
This is a duplicate to http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2658
Hallo Rainer, the time is *correct* (in UTC), but the string is wrong (CEST) In DefaultSettings.php, set $wgLocaltimezone = 'UTC'; I submitted this to the developers.
(In reply to comment #2) > the time is *correct* (in UTC), but the string is wrong (CEST) > In DefaultSettings.php, set $wgLocaltimezone = 'UTC'; > I submitted this to the developers. I think it is the other way round: The String is correct but the time is wrong. It should be CE(S)T not UTC.
No, the timestamps are not rendered dynamically, but statically (the become part of the page "source" code). So, to show for any user the same time, (as far as I know), the best way is to show _only_ UTC timestamps on ~~~~ signatures. This does not influence the page edit times for your personal views (recent chnages, watchlist etc.)
No, the timestamps are not rendered dynamically, but statically (they become part of the page "source" code). So, to show for any user the same time, (as far as I know), the best way is to show _only_ UTC timestamps on ~~~~ signatures. This does not influence the page edit times for your personal views (recent chnages, watchlist etc.)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2658 ***
(In reply to comment #5) > No, the timestamps are not rendered dynamically, but statically (they become > part of the page "source" code). > So, to show for any user the same time, (as far as I know), the best way is to > show _only_ UTC timestamps on ~~~~ signatures. > This does not influence the page edit times for your personal views (recent > chnages, watchlist etc.) I am aware of this. But the large marioty of user of the German Wikipedia are in Central Europe. So this timezone should be used.
(In reply to comment #7 -- and we should have follow up discussions on http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2658 because this bugzilla is marked and closed as duplicate) > ... But the large marioty of user of the German Wikipedia are in > Central Europe. So this timezone should be used. I fully understand. Your argumentation gives also support for my patch http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505 for non-global wikis, where $wgTimezoneoffsetOverwrite is introduced. Using this, a WikiSysop can switch all time indications in the whole wiki to have a certain timeoffset. For Wikis running Mid European Time, this currently needs two adaptations per year, $wgTimezoneoffsetOverwrite='01:00' (November - March) $wgTimezoneoffsetOverwrite= '02:00' (April-October). The single user wouldn't have to adapt his/her user preferences any longer. The variable was introduced as an ad-hoc fix. Until October 2005, I plan to have a final solution for the '505 problem, namely to have an automatic time offset correction based on a user TIMEZONE identifier; once entered into user preferences, the wiki knows, where you are located and switches all time inidcations for you to your preferred local time, e.g. "Gesetzliche Zeit in Deutschland" (MEZ/CET or MESZ/CEST). The '505-patch is part of my EnotifWiki (special edition of MediaWiki), see http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enotif and http://sourceforge.net/projects/enotifwiki . Thus, any Sysop running EnotifWiki can switch the whole wiki into (e.g.) UTC+2 mode; in this case, user preferences show a message "offset: 02:00 (fixed)". If the Sysop sets $wgTimezomecorrectionOverwrite=false; the wiki behaves like standard MediaWiki.
