Use of BST over GMT

tomhab · 2 Apr 2009, 12:41 AM

I live in London meaning for half the year, using GMT is fine for me. But for the other half, we use British Summer time (BST), which is 1 hour ahead.

Is there anyway of enabling summer time on webmail? Changing my location to Paris doesn't work because they're actually on summer time. Does this mean that the UK is only location without a summer time option?

I've now changed my Timezone to Portuguese time believe it or not... Quite amusing to be honest, but really should be fixed

Geir · 2 Apr 2009, 10:47 PM

For timezone handling the Runbox Webmail depends on libraries included in the Linux operating system, and apparently the timezone associated with Europe/London (timezones are tied to cities, not countries) is GMT, not BST.

This might correct itself when we perform the long-awaited web server upgrade in the next few weeks -- otherwise we'll have to look into it further...

- Geir

filbert · 15 Oct 2013, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geir

For timezone handling the Runbox Webmail depends on libraries included in the Linux operating system, and apparently the timezone associated with Europe/London (timezones are tied to cities, not countries) is GMT, not BST.

This might correct itself when we perform the long-awaited web server upgrade in the next few weeks -- otherwise we'll have to look into it further...

- Geir

This is a very old thread but the position still sems to be that the time is displayed in GMT and not local time after daylight saving adjustments. As far as I know, Linux systems can display daylight time. It's only an irritation, I admit - does it work better in other time zones?

Rgrds

Peter

tomhab · 15 Oct 2013, 09:37 PM

I figured out that if you set your location to Lisbon/Portugal, then you get BST rather than GMT. Bit of a weird fix, but there you go.

dbowdley · 15 Oct 2013, 09:38 PM

Hi filbert,

In your account does your time zone show "Greenwich Mean Time" or "GMT - United Kingdom London Great Britain"?

If it is the first of those two, change your country above where it shows time zone to something else, and then back to United Kingdom. You should then have 3 options for UK then and the second option above will give you the correct time in the webmail.

Dave

FredOnline · 16 Oct 2013, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbowdley

In your account does your time zone show "Greenwich Mean Time" or "GMT - United Kingdom London Great Britain"?

If it is the first of those two, change your country above where it shows time zone to something else, and then back to United Kingdom. You should then have 3 options for UK then and the second option above will give you the correct time in the webmail.

It is a bit confusing to have both "Great Britain" and "United Kingdom" in the country box.

dbowdley · 16 Oct 2013, 05:45 AM

Yes it is.

We have now removed Great Britain so that United Kingdom is the one that is left. This is the option that gives you correct GMT/BST times if you select something other than the plain Greenwich Mean Time option.

filbert · 22 Oct 2013, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbowdley

Yes it is.

We have now removed Great Britain so that United Kingdom is the one that is left. This is the option that gives you correct GMT/BST times if you select something other than the plain Greenwich Mean Time option.

Good stuff, thanks.

2 Apr 2009, 12:41 AM	#1
tomhab Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 236	Use of BST over GMT I live in London meaning for half the year, using GMT is fine for me. But for the other half, we use British Summer time (BST), which is 1 hour ahead. Is there anyway of enabling summer time on webmail? Changing my location to Paris doesn't work because they're actually on summer time. Does this mean that the UK is only location without a summer time option? I've now changed my Timezone to Portuguese time believe it or not... Quite amusing to be honest, but really should be fixed

2 Apr 2009, 10:47 PM	#2
Geir The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 2,938 Representative of: Runbox.com	For timezone handling the Runbox Webmail depends on libraries included in the Linux operating system, and apparently the timezone associated with Europe/London (timezones are tied to cities, not countries) is GMT, not BST. This might correct itself when we perform the long-awaited web server upgrade in the next few weeks -- otherwise we'll have to look into it further... - Geir

15 Oct 2013, 09:37 PM	#4
tomhab Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 236	I figured out that if you set your location to Lisbon/Portugal, then you get BST rather than GMT. Bit of a weird fix, but there you go.

15 Oct 2013, 09:38 PM	#5
dbowdley Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 549 Representative of: Runbox.com	Hi filbert, In your account does your time zone show "Greenwich Mean Time" or "GMT - United Kingdom London Great Britain"? If it is the first of those two, change your country above where it shows time zone to something else, and then back to United Kingdom. You should then have 3 options for UK then and the second option above will give you the correct time in the webmail. Dave

16 Oct 2013, 05:45 AM	#7
dbowdley Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 549 Representative of: Runbox.com	Yes it is. We have now removed Great Britain so that United Kingdom is the one that is left. This is the option that gives you correct GMT/BST times if you select something other than the plain Greenwich Mean Time option.