Launchpad itself

BugTask:+activity uses UTC timestamps without saying so

Bug #1658 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

I just updated a bug description and received the confirmation message "Updated on Aug 3, 2005 7:14:47 PM". This is incorrect: I did the update at 4:14pm. The message should say which timezone it's talking about.

Brad Bollenbach (bradb)
Changed in malone:
assignee: nobody → bradb
status: New → Accepted
Diogo Matsubara (matsubara)
Changed in malone:
assignee: bradb → nobody
Graham Binns (gmb)
tags: added: story-better-bug-notification
Gary Poster (gary)
tags: removed: story-better-bug-notification
Revision history for this message
Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: Bug activity / notifications do not include the TZ they are in

@mpt was this a GUI or email notification?

Changed in launchpad:
importance: Medium → High
summary: - Malone gives me notifications in a timezone I don't know
+ Bug activity / notifications do not include the TZ they are in
Revision history for this message
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Unfortunately, in the six years since I reported this bug I have forgotten the exact details. I don't have any archived Launchpad mail notifications using the phrase "Updated on". And the Web confirmation for changing a bug description does not now include a timestamp.

However, I can see two remaining problems where time zones are unclear:

* Activity pages e.g. <https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1658/+activity> have timestamps without time zones.

* The timestamps showing when a bug report was created or changed use either GMT or BST, depending on whether the creation or change happened in the British summer. (For example, so far this bug report has two of the former and four of the latter.) Probably it would make more sense to use UTC consistently.

Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad:
importance: High → Low
tags: added: comments confusing-ui
William Grant (wgrant)
summary: - Bug activity / notifications do not include the TZ they are in
+ BugTask:+activity uses UTC timestamps without saying so
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