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Aug 09

WorldTimeEngine: How to show all times in user’s local time zone

When I visit some site and it shows me that some action performed at some time – it confuses me a little, because I don’t know in which time zone is this time.
Sure, you can spend some time to read about one’s time zone settings and rules, BUT Don’t make me think. Every website uses his own rules for time setting – some uses GMT zone, some says something like: London or New York or Moscow time.

I, as a potential user, will be much more satisfied if I would see the only one explanation:

All dates and times are in your local time zone settings.

Sounds easy, yet powerful. And on the other hand – hard to implement such flexibility.. But it’s really not.

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