Forum:CT Archive/Synchronize

There has been some recent confusion regarding just when one day ends and another begins for the site. This was most clearly demonstrated when there was a debate over whether a Wookieepedian of the Month vote should be included, as although it was twenty minutes past midnight on server time, there was still plenty of the day left in North America.

I'd like to propose that for purposes of voting and other timekeeping, either UTC or UTC-12 be considered the "official" time for Wookieepedia. All votes closing on certain days will end at 0:00 UTC.

Arguments for using UTC

 * 1) Traditional "midnight" in Greenwich Mean Time, and a decent time of day for our huge number of users in North America.
 * 2) Wikia server time.
 * 3) Already widely used as the time for Mofferences and Inquisitorius meetings.

Arguments for using UTC-12

 * 1) Last time zone to begin the calendar day.
 * 2) No one lives in it, thus no bias for its use.

UTC

 * 1) Graestan ( Talk ) 20:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)