Game Time Question

hank9481 · 05-15-2008, 06:21 PM

Does anyone know whether the game time in the schedule files refers to the local start time for the particular place the game is being played or is it all a standard time such as Eastern?

gmo · 05-15-2008, 08:31 PM

All the game times are for a single standard time zone like Eastern. So if you want Los Angeles home games starting 3 hours after New York home games those LA home games should have a game time in the schedule file that is 3 hours after the NY home game start times.

I think a "time zone" attribute for all teams would be nice. It could be +/- from some standard like Eastern that would be the default as now. So if LA was set at +3, NY at 0, London -5, all of those could have 7pm start times (1900) in the schedule files, but the game would adjust them to be 2pm for London and 10pm for LA. Or something like that. There would be issues with keeping the game on that day.

Cryomaniac · 05-18-2008, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by gmo

All the game times are for a single standard time zone like Eastern. So if you want Los Angeles home games starting 3 hours after New York home games those LA home games should have a game time in the schedule file that is 3 hours after the NY home game start times.

I think a "time zone" attribute for all teams would be nice. It could be +/- from some standard like Eastern that would be the default as now. So if LA was set at +3, NY at 0, London -5, all of those could have 7pm start times (1900) in the schedule files, but the game would adjust them to be 2pm for London and 10pm for LA. Or something like that. There would be issues with keeping the game on that day.

London is EST +5, LA is EST -3. So 7pm eastern is midnight GMT.

05-15-2008, 06:21 PM	#1
hank9481 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 451 Blog Entries: 1	Game Time Question Does anyone know whether the game time in the schedule files refers to the local start time for the particular place the game is being played or is it all a standard time such as Eastern? __________________ HH www.mblsim.com

05-15-2008, 08:31 PM	#2
gmo Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 3,166	All the game times are for a single standard time zone like Eastern. So if you want Los Angeles home games starting 3 hours after New York home games those LA home games should have a game time in the schedule file that is 3 hours after the NY home game start times. I think a "time zone" attribute for all teams would be nice. It could be +/- from some standard like Eastern that would be the default as now. So if LA was set at +3, NY at 0, London -5, all of those could have 7pm start times (1900) in the schedule files, but the game would adjust them to be 2pm for London and 10pm for LA. Or something like that. There would be issues with keeping the game on that day.