topic Re: How do i change the Timezone? in Buying

How do i change the Timezone?

walker_act — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:33:18 GMT

When i look at an item the timezone is set to AEDST. However, I am in AEST (Brisbane) not AEDST.

It gets the time right in the lists but not the items; how do i fix that?

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

cq_tech — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:39:13 GMT

Other than changing your PC's clock to AEDST, you can't.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

putney32 — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 01:59:02 GMT

you cannot change it. eBay australia runs on Sydney time... for the whole of Australia....

eBay usa runs on California time for the whole of the usa.

each eBay site has only ONE official time.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

2106greencat — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 05:18:03 GMT

add an hour..........

simples

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

walker_act — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:56:51 GMT

dont use ebay quite as much as I would if I didnt keep missing things....

simpler....

Stakeholders suffer, simple.

You do have to wonder at the QA if basic things, that other websites get right, cant be done. Not only that, but there is a bug there - it gets the time right in the list of items matching the search criteria but not in the actual item - consistency bug; if you are going to get it wrong at least get it wrong everywhere! 🙂

Note that the first comment stands. I dont actually use eBay quite at much as I would if the site worked properly.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

crazyhairguy — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 06:48:43 GMT

this is as hilarious as it is unbelievable!

An auction site whose developers can't implement something as perfectly simple and crucially important as the time?

This bizarre issue goes beyond incompetence and into the realm of insanity. What is their reasoning? Ebay devs are some very confused people.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:54:30 GMT

Not sure what you're on about but there's nothing wrong with the times in any of the listings I look at or any of my own listings for that matter. They are all in my local time. Maybe try checking the times setiings in your settings.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

davewil1964 — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:58:01 GMT

@crazyhairguy wrote:
this is as hilarious as it is unbelievable!
An auction site whose developers can't implement something as perfectly simple and crucially important as the time?

This bizarre issue goes beyond incompetence and into the realm of insanity. What is their reasoning? Ebay devs are some very confused people.

As is dragging up a year-old thread to add no valid input.

eBay times are Sydney times - simple.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

tojasonharris — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:14:06 GMT

Here we are in 2018 and it's still BROKEN!!! This has a major effect on my use of this site!

And stop defending the incompetance of ebay you donkeys!

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

lyndal1838 — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:55:49 GMT

Nothing is broken.....ebay runs on Sydney time....always has, always will.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

tazzieterror — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:01:53 GMT

@tojasonharris
...And stop defending the incompetance of ebay you donkeys!

I must ass-k you nicely not to call us that!

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

padi*0409 — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:15:00 GMT

Maybe we should petition GMT to be aligned with FNQ perhaps.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

jonwbris — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:57:16 GMT

If I am in Brisbane, and if vouchers expire in Sydney time, an hour earlier.. without telling you in advance.. you see nothing wrong with that?

In 2018? If that's true you're all idiots, if you can't see that. If ebay has found some way to account for this.. then.. nevermind. It's a really simple thing.. honestly.

No need for 1000's of words of debates about it.

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:11:00 GMT

@jonwbris wrote:
If I am in Brisbane, and if vouchers expire in Sydney time, an hour earlier.. without telling you in advance.. you see nothing wrong with that?

In 2018? If that's true you're all idiots, if you can't see that. If ebay has found some way to account for this.. then.. nevermind. It's a really simple thing.. honestly.

No need for 1000's of words of debates about it.

I find it really easy . . . . . . auction items, Buy-Now items listing promotions and eBay discount and ‘$ off’ vouchers on ebay.au have always been based on AEST and AEDST.

People in Queensland are not disadvantaged as the voucher is valid for the exact same amount of days/hours . . . . . . with them being available an hour earlier on Queensland ‘watch’ time.

Vouchers and offers normally end at 23.59 AEDST which means you only miss out if you leave it to the last hours/minutes to access the voucher. Plan ahead, buy during daylight hours!

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

padi*0409 — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:20:31 GMT

@jonwbris wrote:

It's a really simple thing.. honestly.

No need for 1000's of words of debates about it.

Yes it is simple - just buy a cheap alarm clock and set it for AEST (or AEDST), if you find it too hard to compensate for time differences across Australia.

Or move to the bright lights of NSW................................

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:24:22 GMT

@jonwbris wrote:
If I am in Brisbane, and if vouchers expire in Sydney time, an hour earlier.. without telling you in advance.. you see nothing wrong with that?

In 2018? If that's true you're all idiots, if you can't see that. If ebay has found some way to account for this.. then.. nevermind. It's a really simple thing.. honestly.

No need for 1000's of words of debates about it.

If you believe that eBay doesn’t ‘tell you in advance’ then I have found an easy and workable solution for you . . . . . . READ THE TERMS & CONDITIONS for every voucher you receive. The end time of every offer/voucher is clearly stated in the T&Cs.

As for those who believe that this is not an issue in 2018 being idiots . . . . . . . well, we are idiots who can read!!!!!!!!

I must ask, who is the true idiot . . . . . . those that read T&Cs and use vouchers OR those who don’t bother reading T&Cs, miss out on vouchers and then come here with their panties in a knot whinging, whining and denigrating others?

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:35:54 GMT

padi, I feel for those in the West (not so much those in Qld) as they are now 3 hours behind AEDST.

As you know, I recently spent 7 or so weeks in the wonderful shout-west WA region and I did find the time difference a little hard to come to terms with seeing as I would often miss calling relatives/friends on the east coast because when I had finished dinner at 8pm WA time it was 10pm eastern time.

I only had to deal with this for 7 weeks, and I am sure that those who live in time zones that are always behind AEST find ways to deal with it, rather than Queenslanders who are only behind NSW time from Nov-April each year.

What I find hilarious is that South Australians are half an hour ahead of Qld now. Time for Queenslanders to lobby for daylight savings in Queensland me thinks.

a lot of smart phones allow you to display multiple time zones on the home screen. I know that at the moment Queensland are behind the rest of the east coast, but I think they do have smart phones in Queensland now, they aren’t that far behind

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:45:33 GMT

easy peasy

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

padi*0409 — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:09:38 GMT

@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:
easy peasy

I'm wondering if I should program november into my smartphone ?

"padi, I feel for those in the West (not so much those in Qld) as they are now 3 hours behind AEDST."

THAT'S easy peasy, we get an extra 3 hours to think about things before they happen................I think.................

Re: How do i change the Timezone?

k1ooo-slr-sales — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:21:12 GMT

@padi*0409 wrote:
@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:
easy peasy

I'm wondering if I should program november into my smartphone ?

"padi, I feel for those in the West (not so much those in Qld) as they are now 3 hours behind AEDST."

THAT'S easy peasy, we get an extra 3 hours to think about things before they happen................I think.................

and I, being in Victoria, see YOU replying to my posts three hours before I post them!!!!!

now THAT is a Super Power!!!!! what would Super Padi look like? time travel is real