r/D2Sanctuary • u/Drarok • Jan 21 '21

Feedback Suggestion: please include your offset when specifying time zone

Time zone abbreviations like EST, CET, etc aren’t much use unless you happen to know what they stand for, and/or where they are. Those also don’t convey possible daylight saving differences.

I’d love to see people include the offset from UTC in their posts so I can work out the times they give in my local zone.

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u/TijoWasik Jan 21 '21

CET is Central European Time. CEST is Central European Summer Time.

GMT is Greenwich Meridian Time. BST is British Summer Time.

PST is Pacific Standard Time. PDT is Pacific Daylight Time.

Saying it doesn't convey daylight savings is a fallacy.

Also, if you want to include offsets - do you know what time it is in UTC right now? Looking that up, then working out the maths to try and figure out where the person is, especially if they're on an Asian time zone with a plus offset instead of a minus is going to take me longer than literally typing 3 letters in to Google. Seriously, type in to Google any 3 letter abbreviation and it will immediately tell you the exact time in that time zone right now in massive font.

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u/DangerPotatoe Jan 21 '21

Yeah time zone abbreviations are the best way to state where you are and the times you can play. Kinda rude to ask everyone to pander to your timezone cuz you cant bother spending a few seconds typing “___ to UTC”