PaulB
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Currently, there's no locale-invariant timezone. The available UTC-ish timezones are subject to change and discrepancies such as DST; for example,
This isn't great for global forums. We'd like to have a culture-agnostic, government-agnostic timezone as the default, and the generally-accepted standard for that is
Current UTC-ish timezones supported by XenForo:
Europe/London
is currently in DST, so it's UTC+1 instead of UTC.This isn't great for global forums. We'd like to have a culture-agnostic, government-agnostic timezone as the default, and the generally-accepted standard for that is
Etc/UTC
. It's guaranteed not to change significantly at the whim of governments; any changes are by international consensus. None of the timezones supported by XenForo fulfill those requirements.Current UTC-ish timezones supported by XenForo:
Europe/London
: Subject to DST; as of writing, this is actually UTC+1.Africa/Casablanca
: Subject to DST; as of writing, this is actually UTC+1.Atlantic/Reykjavik
: Currently locked to UTC year-round, but if Iceland ever changes timezones or implements DST, this will change. There's no guarantee that it will continue to track UTC.
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