Regarding Timezones: Let's set a standard

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  1. JackJack233

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    There seems to always be a lot of trouble over timezones between us, with many people not understanding what timezone they're in or incorrectly informing others about what time something will be on.

    So, from here on, we will all use a single timezone when communicating with each other: UTC (Universal Coordinated Time).

    You can find the current UTC time here, work out how many hours before or ahead of you it is and then you will be able to convert at will: http://time.is/UTC

    Now, let's go over the UTC offsets for different timezones:

    • GMT (England, Ireland, etc. in Winter months) - UTC+0
    • BST (England, Ireland, etc. in Summer months) - UTC+1
    • CET (France, Italy, etc. in Winter months) - UTC+1
    • CEST (France, Italy, etc. in Summer months) - UTC+2
    • EET (Finland, Greece, etc. in WInter months) - UTC+2
    • EEST (Finland, Greece, etc. in Summer months) - UTC+3

    So work out your offset from UTC during Summer and Winter months and then do the conversions in your head. People from England will be UTC+0 in Winter and UTC+1 in Summer. People in Finland will be UTC+2 in WInter and UTC+3 in Summer, etc. etc.
     
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    EDIT: Thank you JAcky
     
  3. Hasibuzi

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    That will really help to sort stuff out ^^ And, for the really lazy - there is a firefox addon, which will even spare you this little calculation ^^
     
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    For you Germans out there: You are also counting in CET/CEST (UTC: +1/+2). Currently we have CEST (UTC +2)
     
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