phpBB DST update?

[H@t Trick]

I didn't know where to post this, but I just realized that while I have my forum profile settings correct for GMT -5:00 since I live in Toronto, my posts are  being date stamped with EST instead of EDT. The ****** US Government decided to change DST and then the ******* Canadian Government (or was it the ****** ****** Ontario Government) that decided to blindly follow (descriptive words omitted so as not to make a political statement as two of the 3 governments mentioned were bashed and one praised). This isn't a huge priority but any chance the forum will be updated for the new start/end of DST?
kakaroto, feel free to move this to another section if it is more appropriate there.

[kakaroto]

it's appropriate here... I don't think it's high priority.. anyways, in less than 2 weeks, it will get fixed since DST will be the same everywhere... maybe a phpBB update exists.. we want to update (maybe try phpbb3...) but when.. again.. when we get time to do it...

[H@t Trick]

Yeah I figured. that is true it wont matter soon. I would guess there is an update. We can wait for the update. Unless the other Daniel on here, Daniel15, has some insight, he seems quite proficient with php stuff.

[Daniel15]

Unless the other Daniel on here, Daniel15, has some insight, he seems quite proficient with php stuff.

Switch to SMF

I'm not too sure how the timezones are handled/stored in phpBB, phpBB's code scares me off (not sure if it's been improved in phpBB 3)

[H@t Trick]

lol I thought  you might mention SMF
lol
Is a transition from phpBB to SMF difficult? could all the data be moved over?

[kakaroto]

who cares? we don't need to change! I like this forum as it is now!
btw..

Unless the other Daniel on here

so.. your name is Daniel too ?

[H@t Trick]

lol
I know e dont need to change, I was just curious if was even possible.

and yes my name is Daniel too

[Daniel15]

who cares? we don't need to change! I like this forum as it is now!

Haha, that's fine, I just said the SMF thing as a joke (because I know you like the forum as it is now)
Although when phpBB gets discontinued, you'll have to switch to either phpBB 3 or SMF

lol
I know e dont need to change, I was just curious if was even possible.

It's really easy, there's converters available (SMF 2.0 ones are somewhere, on the forum I think).

SMF 2.0 Beta 3 Public recently came out, it's a significant improvement from SMF 1.1 (and still way better than phpBB)

[H@t Trick]

lol
I know e dont need to change, I was just curious if was even possible.

It's really easy, there's converters available (SMF 2.0 ones are somewhere, on the forum I think).

SMF 2.0 Beta 3 Public recently came out, it's a significant improvement from SMF 1.1 (and still way better than phpBB)

Nice, I figured there would be, gotta love OSS sometimes, though other times it can suck, most of the time it's great!


I find myself continually looking for Free/OSS more and more often when I need a new app.