Time Zones!!! ---- Exactly where does SL use PST/PDT, or PST only, or GMT?

[shug Maitland]

SL displays PST/PDT on the clock, IMs and chat. I think events and group notices are in GMT.

Is there a complete list of what time zone is used where?

Why is there not one standard instead of confusion?

This answer should be in the Wiki somewhere but I can not find it.

 

[Rolig Loon]

SLT/PST is the standard for anything that is generated by LL, but individual people or groups may decide to post times in GMT or whatever zone is handy for most of their members and friends.  As a rule, any time that is displayed in a regular heading on your screen should be SLT/PST.  Any time reported in the body of a message or in a message heading that is created by a person (like the heading in a group message) could be in any time zone.

[Peewee Musytari]

I'm on GMT and the only places I notice things in GMT are group notices and time stamps for offline IMs when I login, everything else is SLT.

[shug Maitland]

Rolig: If http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:What_does_%22SLT%22_stand_for%3F is still valid LL uses PST or PDT, whichever is valid. Although I do not recall SL making the transition.

Peewee: Group notices in GMT was what I noticed that made me ask this question.

[Peewee Musytari]

Yeah thats always been like that, I actually don`t even look at it anymore, its become a blindspot on notices that I ignore lol

If the notice is about an event or something, the person sending it usually puts the time in SLT in the title or notice text because everyone is on different timezones anyway.

But I do agree it is odd, thankfully its not all over the place.

[Rolig Loon]

Yes, I think that change from SLT to PST/PDT was in late 2009, but most of us who were around before then continue to use the label SLT. It's hard to break a habit, I guess. I agree that the label can be confusing, especially for those who are new to SL. My personal solution (when I remember) is to write SLT/PST so I'm covering all bases. Still, regardless of what you call it, the standard time zone for SL has always been West Coast US time.

[Venus Petrov]

The one 'standard' clock is the same clock that  sits on Linden Lab walls, desks, wrists and computers in San Francisco, California, USA.  So, the clock in SL is always SLT (Second Life Time) which is the same as Pacific Stnadard Time or Pacific Daylight Time (whichever exists depending upon the time of year).  It is now PDT in San Francisco.

 

[Dashiell Slade]

If you sell on the Marketplace, the Orders Report displays PDT/PST for the transaction time on your screen, BUT if you download the data to CSV format the time is expressed as GMT.