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From:	Maelwys wraith@************.com
Subject:	A NEW: Quick formatting question :)
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:38:11 -0500

Message no. 1 Okay...a new quick formatting question :)

Time/Date Stamps...I remember reading in the FAQ that it's better to use the
time where you are...is that where you or your character is?

ie, Blackfire is in Seattle, though I'm in Houston...a two hour
difference...it's currently 6:37 here in Houston, barring my computer being
off by 30 minutes like it occasionally is. Which should I use? 16:37
(Pacific time) or 18:47 (time here in Houston, Central) Or do I use GMT (Oh
god please no... :)

Maelwys

From:	Scott W see_scott_run@*****.com
Subject:	A NEW: Quick formatting question :)
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:43:15 -0700 (PDT)

Message no. 2 > Time/Date Stamps...I remember reading in the FAQ that it's better
to use the time where you are...is that where you or your character
is?

I think it's where you are...I, for one, certainly can't be
bothered doing the math :)

====-Boondocker

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From:	Ratinac, Rand (NSW) RRatinac@*****.redcross.org.au
Subject:	A NEW: Quick formatting question :)
Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:55:17 +1000

Message no. 3 > > Time/Date Stamps...I remember reading in the FAQ that it's better
> to use the time where you are...is that where you or your character
> is?
>
> I think it's where you are...I, for one, certainly can't be
> bothered doing the math :)

Where you are is what's referred to in the FAQ, but if you CAN easily do the
math and don't mind doing it, then go ahead. I would, but it's a pain in the
arse doing conversions from where I'm at.

Doc'

From:	Mach mach@****.caltech.edu
Subject:	A NEW: Quick formatting question :)
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:23:30 -0700 (PDT)

Message no. 4 On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Maelwys wrote:

> Okay...a new quick formatting question :)
>
> Time/Date Stamps...I remember reading in the FAQ that it's better to use the
> time where you are...is that where you or your character is?
>
> ie, Blackfire is in Seattle, though I'm in Houston...a two hour
> difference...it's currently 6:37 here in Houston, barring my computer being
> off by 30 minutes like it occasionally is. Which should I use? 16:37
> (Pacific time) or 18:47 (time here in Houston, Central) Or do I use GMT (Oh
> god please no... :)

It depends on how time-critical a post is. Some times time-stamps are
fudged for "authenticity" (i.e. footage from a security camera would be
time-stamped at the moment of interest). Typically though, it doesn't
matter much (as long as the time-stamps and posts are in order, i.e. no
replying before the post was sent). If it is important to you, you can
do what some people do, like myself, which is to add a time zone
indicator at the end of the T/D stamp.

For Example:

-- NewzJunkie <16:09:49/09-18-61 PDT>

PS/DT = Pacific Standard/Daylight Time
MS/DT = Mountain
CS/DT = Central
ES/DT = Eastern

GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (Where Paul, Pete, and the other Brits post
from and posts as.)

Admittedly, I'm a stickler, so for my years in Austin, TX, I posted my
Seattle characters as Pacific time. But it's up to you, as long as it
makes some sense.

--My two yen

Jeff

From:	James Dening james.dening@****.co.uk
Subject:	A NEW: Quick formatting question :)
Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:50:34 +0100

Message no. 5 >Time/Date Stamps...I remember reading in the FAQ that it's
>better to use the
>time where you are...is that where you or your character is?
>
>ie, Blackfire is in Seattle, though I'm in Houston...a two hour
>difference...it's currently 6:37 here in Houston, barring my
>computer being
>off by 30 minutes like it occasionally is. Which should I use? 16:37
>(Pacific time) or 18:47 (time here in Houston, Central) Or do
>I use GMT (Oh god please no... :)

I used to use GMT, but it just got complicated! I tend to use my
local time - the posts are far enough apart that it doesn't tend to
be a problem - they're mostly important, I find, to set timelines
for events between *my* characters - i.e. if Minnie posts something,
then Herve's actions will follow *later*. Yes?

J.

From:	Logan Graves logan1@********.net
Subject:	A NEW: Quick formatting question :)
Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:20:25 -0400

Message no. 6 In our last episode, Maelwys wrote:
>
> Time/Date Stamps...I remember reading in the FAQ that it's better to use the
> time where you are...is that where you or your character is?

Most of my characters operate out of Seattle, but I live on the East coast of
the US, so whenever I post (& I mean *when-ever*), I try & synch them up to the
current Seattle postings, or if they're answering someone from Europe, I try &
remember to stamp the replies in excess of, say, nine hours from the initial
post.

Basically, just have your replies far enough afterwards so that the timestamps
don't "appear" to cross. (Normally, I can just put down my local time, counting
on the "receive email, read it, then finally write" -lag to take care of
things.)

On a related note, if you need to post a LOT of sequential posts that take place
in a single day, you can either write them all ahead of time & volume post them
with their timestamps all neatly in a row OR, if you're short on time, you
could release each of the parts in smaller bits over a few days, as internal
files, "journal style," or perhaps in the form of flashbacks. Then the dates at
the bottom of the post would be the received dates, instead of the
actual/recording dates.

--Fenris

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