The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #78759   Message #1420194
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
24-Feb-05 - 08:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Global time
Subject: BS: Global time
Since we're a Global Mudcat, would it be a good idea if we had a link that enables us to check the various times that get quoted in threads?

What I mean is, people often post time of something happening on an internet radio, for example, but even if they remember to indicate what local time zone they are talking about, there's still the hassle of relating that to our own time, wherever we are.

I was just visiting the admirable photo-sharing site flickr, and they had to announce that they would be down for a short time at 6pm Pacific time - and next to that they stuck a line saying "View 6pm Pacific in your timezone", with a link to
"The Fixed Time World Clock", which allows you to..but it's quicker for you to go look at it than for me to explain it.

Thiis struck me as a neat and simple idea.   I've bookmarked the Clock site, but I think it might be handy to have something like that as a fixed link on the Mudcat. I'm wary suggesting adding too much, because there's a danger of the site getting cluttered.