Site-styled entries: remove 'UTC' or only display it when it's really UTC

[ninetydegrees]

Title:
Site-styled entries: remove 'UTC' or only display it when it's really UTC

Area:
entries, site

Summary:
Time in site-styled entries displays like so: @ 2012-06-21 22:51 UTC or @ 2012-06-21 10:51 pm UTC but, unless I'm mistaken, it uses your time (i.e. the time on your computer clock when you posted the entry) and doesn't convert it to UTC (or at least not all the time). I think it's confusing and should either display when it really is UTC or not display at all.

Description:
Tried this logged in and logged out, whether I had set a time zone or not and still got *my* time.

Poll #11024 Site-styled entries: remove 'UTC' or only display it when it's really UTC

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 57

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Should be implemented as-is.
52 (91.2%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
3 (5.3%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
2 (3.5%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[inthetatras]

This has bothered me for a while, how no matter a person's time zone it always lists "their" time as UTC when it isn't necessarily. I think it would be simpler to list non-UTC times as "(local)". Using UTC everywhere isn't accurate.

[ninetydegrees]

Good idea!

[runpunkrun]

+1