Are start times local?

[Honorable_Pawn]

I am pretty sure they are based upon previous experience but I am hoping someone can confirm so that I can save the time on a test. It is ambiguous per the manual:

time - The start time of the game in military time. For example, time="1905" would be a 7:05 pm start time. The time attribute is required.

[Ike348]

I am 99% positive that I know what you mean, and that yes, they are local. This is the basis for time zones: Example: Game at 7:05 PM for a game in London would take place at 3:05 PM in Philadelphia, with no DST.

[Honorable_Pawn]

Thanks.

I'm building 7 schedules for the PBA based upon MLB schedules and I'm going through each one day-by-day and making sure start times makes sense.

[Le Grande Orange]

Yes, OOTP schedules use local time values. But keep in mind that if you are assigning unique local start times to certain clubs those will only apply to the correct home team in the first season the schedule is used. When OOTP recycles that schedule for the subsequent season, the teams are shuffled amongst the schedule slots, and thus those unique times will likely be used by a different club.

Originally Posted by Ike348

Example: Game at 7:05 PM for a game in London would take place at 3:05 PM in Philadelphia, with no DST.

[pedantic]

Actually, it'd be a five hour difference with no DST (or when both regions are on DST). Right now the time difference between London and the Eastern time zone is four hours due to the U.S. still being on DST while DST has ended in the U.K. When DST ends in the U.S. the time difference will be five hours.

[/pedantic]