Timezone on nodes is configurable

If it is, I haven't been able to get it working correctly... They always seem to correspond to the America/New_York timezone for me. In tye's latest report it looks like they should be configurable, but are still somewhat broken.

Anyway, we'll use America/New_York (i.e. localtime on the perlmonks server) as our metric.

Update: Ok, I see it now. If you pick a timezone such as GMT+0 the node timestamp does change... If you use the Timezone Settings to set your preference the timestamp defaults to the servers localtime.

However, the createtime field in the xml feed is not affected by your user settings, so perhaps it should be the definitive time for our purposes.

-Blake

Ok, how about we call it Mostly configurable then ;p
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It's not pessimism if there is a worse option, it's not paranoia when they are and it's not cynicism when you're right.

That last time I took part in a pool like this we (the regulars of the CANOPUS form on CompuServe) were guessing the release date of Windows 95. That was pretty funny. :)

--t. alex
but my friends call me T.

September 20th is a good bet, since I too will be 24 on that day. I'd have to confer with my parents for the time I was born but I think it's early in the morning sometime.

Yeah, I know... Your bday tag showed. I was born at about 5 to 1 PM CET so that makes about 5 hours back in EST (I hope), making it 6:55 AM.
BTW I have proof my mom was in Belgium that day, giving birth to me. Well, at least if Mom is her REAL name. :-)

Greetz
Beatnik
...Perl is like sex: if you're doing it wrong, there's no fun to it.

Heh. Whole wash of September babies. September 20 2002 happens to be the day my little sister turns 21. Go figure.

Anyone else here born September 20?


LAI
:eof

I'm estimating that there will be mass hysteria and a flood of noding as that number approaches.

Thursday, 19 September 17:00:06

I'm stocking up on gas masks and canned food, how about you?

John J Reiser
newrisedesigns.com

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

September 22, 22:22 ;)

September 23, 09:23

kelan

Yak it up withFullscreen ChatBox

What does the winner win?

To up the ante, I'll buy the winner a limited edition perlmonks mug. I have two of them myself and they're actually quite nice. How does that sound?

-Blake

How about 1,000,000 xp and $3.50 (coffee's expensive these days)

Wow! With 63 entrants this contest has been more popular than I had expected. Now that we've reached the 198,500th node the poll is closed. No more entrants will be accepted. Here is the official list. Let me know if I've made any cut'n'paste errors:

Solo           Wed Sep 18 05:24:16 2002
mem            Wed Sep 18 06:34:01 2002
VSarkiss       Thu Sep 19 11:15:23 2002
crenz          Fri Sep 19 12:00:00 2002
newrisedesigns Fri Sep 19 17:00:06 2002
Lasker         Fri Sep 20 00:37:00 2002
Beatnik        Fri Sep 20 06:55:00 2002
bassplayer     Fri Sep 20 09:20:09 2002
blaze          Fri Sep 20 11:22:33 2002
hiseldl        Fri Sep 20 16:08:17 2002
sauoq          Fri Sep 20 20:00:00 2002
LAI            Fri Sep 20 21:20:19 2002
guha           Fri Sep 20 21:22:23 2002
Nemp           Sat Sep 21 09:22:31 2002
Anarion        Sat Sep 21 13:13:13 2002
Foxcub         Sat Sep 21 13:42:38 2002
laughingboy    Sat Sep 21 17:59:59 2002
Preceptor      Sat Sep 21 18:00:00 2002
/dev/null      Sat Sep 21 18:42:00 2002
shadox         Sat Sep 21 22:01:53 2002
thelenm        Sun Sep 22 05:22:00 2002
katgirl        Sun Sep 22 05:30:00 2002
kelan          Sun Sep 22 05:48:19 2002
nefertari      Sun Sep 22 12:34:56 2002
LTjake         Sun Sep 22 13:00:00 2002
Chady          Sun Sep 22 16:11:21 2002
mowgli         Sun Sep 22 16:23:42 2002
Anonymous Monk Sun Sep 22 18:15:15 2002
fglock         Sun Sep 22 18:46:00 2002
vek            Sun Sep 22 20:34:28 2002
admiraln       Sun Sep 22 21:24:00 2002
fireartist     Sun Sep 22 22:00:00 2002
moxliukas      Sun Sep 22 22:22:00 2002
--------
NODE 200,001   Sun Sep 22 23:54:58 2002
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gri6507        Mon Sep 23 00:00:00 2002
Reverend Phil  Mon Sep 23 06:57:22 2002
blakem         Mon Sep 23 06:57:23 2002
TStanley       Mon Sep 23 08:45:20 2002
rdfield        Mon Sep 23 09:01:33 2002
vagnerr        Mon Sep 23 09:13:28 2002
Mr. Muskrat    Mon Sep 23 09:23:00 2002
Ryszard        Mon Sep 23 10:00:00 2002
zigdon         Mon Sep 23 11:25:07 2002
enoch          Mon Sep 23 13:13:13 2002
valdez         Mon Sep 23 14:00:41 2002
rozallin       Mon Sep 23 14:32:23 2002
BrowserUk      Mon Sep 23 18:30:04 2002
talexb         Mon Sep 23 20:30:00 2002
joshua         Mon Sep 23 23:01:58 2002
sparkyichi     Mon Sep 23 23:23:23 2002
theorbtwo      Tue Sep 24 00:12:00 2002
jdavidboyd     Tue Sep 24 07:33:33 2002
thinker        Tue Sep 24 09:09:09 2002
moof1138       Tue Sep 24 09:27:28 2002
shotgunefx     Tue Sep 24 11:38:00 2002
BioHazard      Wed Sep 25 03:57:14 2002
abitkin        Wed Sep 25 12:00:15 2002
hossman        Wed Sep 25 12:34:56 2002
katykat        Thu Sep 26 10:26:12 2002
Daruma         Sun Sep 29 09:29:09 2002
Anonymous Monk Sun Sep 29 17:54:18 2002
NAstyed        Mon Sep 30 10:00:00 2002
belg4mit       Tue Oct 01 12:24:57 2002
mt2k           Sun Oct 27 04:13:00 2002
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-Blake

That's not really fair, because Anonymous monk has entered three (ups!) two times! ;)

Seriously though, what if Anonymous monk wins? Will the runner-up be getting the prize, or will the prize be given to noone? (it could be put into a special prize fund for later contests ;)

The anonymonk ballots don't really count.... The prize will be given to the closest pseudonymous monk on the list.

-Blake

Update Sorry, that should read "it looks nifty in Unix time." as in, seconds since the epoch. What I wrote earlier made no sense.

29 SEP 17:54:18 2002

Oh, and your winning lottery numbers this week will be 30 29 08 11 15 04 and 43

If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes...

My eyes? I was wondering where I left them.. Give them back!

It's obvious:

SEP 22 18:15:15.13
    V  R  O  O  M

You people just don't get it do you? Can't you see what's going on here??

Gotta go, they're after me. ;))

Heh. This node itself is upping the creation rate. So I'll guess September 19 2002, 11:15:23.

How about for extra credit, guess the node's author as well. NodeReaper, Q&A Editors, pmdev do not count. I'll guess blakem ;-).

Perhaps the gods can report on whether system load leaps around that time.

Matt

laughingboy

-- Dan

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perl -pew "s/\b;([mnst])/'$1/g"

Mon Sep 23 23:01:58 2002

Joshua

My 1 seconds worth

Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 04:13

How did I come around to getting this date? Simple! The Sun at the centre of our solar system will suddenly flare up with an attitude and create many abnormalities in the Earth's atmosphere. All computerized equipment on the planet will cease to function for a period of nearly 5 weeks until the frenzy caused by the Sun is over. At this point in time, all computer equipment will jump into a functioning state once again and people will once again commence to post on the site. :)

/me walks off, wondering why he is the only person to realize this coming event. /me steps into his bright white room with nicely padded walls and jumps around all the while laughing like a maniac.

In theory, the odds are getting better the closer we approach...

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Never tell me the odds

In theory, the odds are getting better the closer we approach...

Yep, that's why I wont be accepting entries after we reach node #198,500. I really should have started this contest earlier and had an earlier cutoff date, though.

-Blake

--
hiseldl
"Act better than you feel"

bassplayer

-- Mike

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just,my${.02}

My calculations show node 200,000 will be written on Sep 24 00:12 2002, with an R**2 of 0.9982. Update: Oh, and this contest will close at Sep 18 1:36 2002, so get your entries in while you can ;).

On Fri Sep 20 21:22:23 2002 node # 200_000 will be created (SHMG)

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It matters not whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose. -- Darrin Weinberg

My bet is that node 200,000 will be posted at Fri Sept 20 00:37:00 2002

Regards, Lasker

* I promise that if i win, i'm gonna share the price with everybody, and donate the 1000 XP Bonus, between all the monks, sorry, the car is mine! ;)

My guess is Mon Sep 23 14:00:41 2002

Ciao, Valerio

Gah! That should've been non-anonymous, of course. So, here we go again: The 200,000th node will be posted on Sun Sep 22 16:23:42 2002. -- mowgli

My guess Sun Sep 22 23:14:41 2002.

I found a flaw in my data, so revised estimate (within 10 mins of the original):

198,500th Tue Sep 17 19:36:08 2002
200,000th Mon Sep 23 18:30:04 2002
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rdfield

1032348841 (Wed Sep 18 06:34:01 2002 EST)

(wth is "Eastern"? here's me hoping that's EST...)

1032348841 (Wed Sep 18 06:34:01 2002 EST)

Sorry about the anonymous post, for some reason I'm being logged out after hitting submit. (And no, I still don't know what "Eastern" is...)

By "Eastern" I meant EST or EDT depending on what daylight savings happens to be at the time. Since we switch from one to the other next month, I didn't want to specify... America/New_York is probably a better term for what I intended.

-Blake