IMPORTANT: Expect some funky behavior for an hour after clocks change tonight.

[Skinner]

As you probably know, tonight is the end of daylight savings time. At 2am ET, the clocks will change back to 1am. Here on DU, that means there is going to be an hour of odd behavior. Basically, our software will think that we are going through the same hour twice.

Timestamps on messages posted during the hour after clocks change will show an "older" time than some of the messages posted in the hour before clocks change. So posts aren't going to kick all the way to the top of forums for that hour.

We apologize for the inconvenience. It will sort itself out relatively quickly.

Skinner
DU Admin

[graywarrior]

1. Some of us get off on funky.

:rofl:

[Skink]

2. Sort of like diebold.

[Cerridwen]

3. Halloween, week end, election, survey, time change...

Ah, I don't miss IT - nope not at all.

You guys take care of yourselves!

:hi:

[flvegan]

4. So if you guys tombstone someone at 1:30, will they come back at 1:00?

[Cerridwen]

8. Zombie DUers? Hmm, would we notice?

;)

[Stinky The Clown]

5. OMFG Call Congress Right F**ING NOW. This is Hugh! I'm SERIES

Sorry. I've been eating too much leftover Halloween candy.

I'll go back in the corner now .......

[Mind_your_head]

6. M'kay n/t

[Trajan]

7. I seem to recall considerable 'funky behavior' ...

Since coming here almost 7 years ago ....

Hey ... How bout THIS Funkiness ?



Yeah ... Bootsy !

[Jokerman]

13. "We got the funk"

As an IT professional I can attest to the fact that "funky" is now a valid description for a number of system glitches.

[Cresent City Kid]

19. Thanks for that

I needed to be reminded of the Clinton years.

[jamesb2004]

9. Is there a reason you didn't use uTC?

And avoid all of this nonsense?

[chollybocker]

10. This is all an insidious plot.

A GOP-funded experiment in time-shifting to keep Obamiacs with sleep apnea from voting.

I trust Obama’s lawyers are all over this developing news.

[bobd0]

11. They should change the clocks on November 4 instead to give McCain an extra hour to suffer defeat.

[Jokerman]

12. I smell a conspiracy.

Of course, we all know that DST started out as a communist plot to catch our missile corps off guard. Either that or it had something to do with confusing american farmers so they wouldn't know when to milk the cows.

At least that's what daddy told me.

Daddy drank.

:tinfoilhat:

[OhioChick]

14. This is why all databases

Should code to UTC time and never use local timestamps.

[FM Arouet666]

15. Damn republicans and their plots. n/t

[tkmorris]

16. How cute. Our own little Y2K bug.

[dweller]

17. well get down

get back up again.

it's not like i set my clock by you guys, or ever lost an hour in a daze.
dp:silly:

[EFerrari]

18. kick

[Lucian]

20. Ahhh. I see.

I should have read this earlier. Now I know why some things were a little funky.

Thanks for the heads-up. :)