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    Would it be possible to implement something so recurring events have their start times automatically adjusted when daylight savings time changes?
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    Sounds like a good idea. Might need some discussion on which daylight savings to use (I would guess UK as that's where UFP is) and some rules about usage in certain time zones (I know some Daylight savings only do it by 0.5 hours) but could help cut down on the work needed to be done by event organisers.

    I presume this will be due to the backend of the system calculating it on Unix time and doing events every 168 hours so it doesn't realise the display time has changed as that will be a separate conversion program for relevant time zone.

    Should be able to do a check to see if it's been less than 168 hours since the daylight savings change date at 1 AM or something (to avoid issues if an event is on Daylight savings day messing up the week after and the whole rest of the sets) every time an automated event goes out and changing it to 167/169 hours depending on which way it went if true then set back to normal 168 hours for the next 6ish months. However I am well aware that such simple programs can be deceptively complex once you actually start implementing them especially depending on what functions you have available. For example if you have check the date in Unix time rather than checking it once changed to YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM format due to not having the relevant dependencies available for that conversion.
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    I honestly thought it did this as it always lined up with my time during and not during DST
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    Mentioned User Pedigo do you this this would be feasible?
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    Yeah, this is one of the reasons I kinda fell off the game wagon, and just staying around to socialize. Living in Hilo, I'm 11 hours behind you guys in the UK. For those in the states its 6-2 hours behind. So my 1pm is anywhere from 3pm in Cali to 7pm in Georga. Brother lives in Indiana so that's 5 hours. mother lives in Illinois that's 4 hours, have a buddy in southern Georga that's 6 hours. So moving to the great state of Hawai'i was great for my pain and book sales, but bad for keeping in touch with my fleet mates.
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    Yeah, this is one of the reasons I kinda fell off the game wagon, and just staying around to socialize. Living in Hilo, I'm 11 hours behind you guys in the UK. For those in the states its 6-2 hours behind. So my 1pm is anywhere from 3pm in Cali to 7pm in Georga. Brother lives in Indiana so that's 5 hours. mother lives in Illinois that's 4 hours, have a buddy in southern Georga that's 6 hours. So moving to the great state of Hawai'i was great for my pain and book sales, but bad for keeping in touch with my fleet mates.
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    Hi I'm In Australia, you think you got it bad lol =P
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