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