Server-time

LoneAngelIbesu · #1 12-28-2009, 12:59 AM

In the process of attempting to script a cron-like thing, I tried to sync it up with Valikorlia's server-time, as shown in the little 'start bar' of Graal.

What is this based off of? It doesn't seem to match timevar2 (which is what my script uses), when using converttimetostring(). In fact, the two differ by a full 7 hours.

DustyPorViva · #2 12-28-2009, 01:44 AM

Pretty sure it's actual time(GMT)... and I'm pretty sure all timevar's are independent from such. There are conversion functions floating around in the code gallery, but it ends up being useless anyways as the clocks the servers are running are off and constantly adding to the offset, so it won't be accurate. Stefan doesn't want to fix this though because it would set the time back to hours on some servers, and possibly break scripts that rely on timevar for that much time.

LoneAngelIbesu · #3 12-28-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Pretty sure it's actual time(GMT)... and I'm pretty sure all timevar's are independent from such. There are conversion functions floating around in the code gallery, but it ends up being useless anyways as the clocks the servers are running are off and constantly adding to the offset, so it won't be accurate. Stefan doesn't want to fix this though because it would set the time back to hours on some servers, and possibly break scripts that rely on timevar for that much time.

The time is GMT+1, though it's about 12 minutes behind (or, if you prefer, GMT plus 48 minutes). So, Valikorlia's timevar2 is around GMT-6 .. minus 12 minutes.

Good to know, I guess.

xXziroXx · #4 12-28-2009, 04:09 AM

http://forums.graalonline.com/forums....php?p=1438568

Most likely related.

DustyPorViva · #5 12-28-2009, 04:17 AM

Servertime was correct when I last checked... I remember I compared it to my computer clock to make sure it was GMT and not timevar based and they were both at 55 minutes.

xXziroXx · #6 12-28-2009, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Servertime was correct when I last checked... I remember I compared it to my computer clock to make sure it was GMT and not timevar based and they were both at 55 minutes.

Varies server to server, most likely machine to machine as well.

DustyPorViva · #7 12-28-2009, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by xXziroXx

Varies server to server, most likely machine to machine as well.

Ah, well he was talking about the servertime on login(on the taskbar). I assumed that was a 'static' time.

LoneAngelIbesu · #8 12-28-2009, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Ah, well he was talking about the servertime on login(on the taskbar). I assumed that was a 'static' time.

Just checked. That time also varies. I wonder how it's calculated, since it's so different from what converttimetostring() outputs.

Kind of puts a dent in my plans to release this. Syncing it up for different servers is going to be complicated.