Countdown to Hubbalicious: Synchronize your watches!

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   darksideposted 16 years ago

   As everyone should be well aware, the daily contest runs from Midday of the one day, to the midday of the next (well 11:59am to be precise). Last time a lot of people were asking when was the right time to start publishing their hubs because they were outside the U.S. or outside the specific timezone, here's my suggestion on how to get it right...
   
   * If you've got Windows (Vista) mouse-over your clock/date in the bottom right hand corner of your desktop.
   
   * Click on "Change date and time settings".
   
   * Select the "Additional Clocks" tab.
   
   * Click on "Show this clock" and select the time zone of Pacific Time (GMT -08:00),
   
   * Click OK!
   
   Then you're done. When you mouse-over the clock/date in the bottom right hand corner of your desktop it will have Local Time and the one that you've added, which I've named "HubPages Time"!

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      Les Trois Chenesposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      My computer only gives me choice of 2 GMT times, and even these are not active. Having the two times would be good. Still, now I know PT is California, perhaps I'll have another go at web sites, and this page has given me the idea of setting a watch to PT time when and if I suss it out!!

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   KCC Big Countryposted 16 years ago

   So awesome to have multiple clocks! Thanks for the walk-thru Darkside!  I have mine set.

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   emievilposted 16 years ago

   That's cool! Thanks DS.
   
   *bump*

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   gramaryeposted 16 years ago

   Doesn't seem to work on windows chrome, but set it to Pacific time. I've got a watch on my wrist with real time :-)

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      barryrutherfordposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      what time can we post gramarye ?

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         barryrutherfordposted 16 years agoin reply to this

         i dont use Vista...

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   CMHypnoposted 16 years ago

   Thanks Darkside, I have been trying to work out Pacific Time, but so far had had no luck!

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      barryrutherfordposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      il try work it out !

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      darksideposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      Last time I worked out what time 12:00pm PST was for AEST and it was about 6am in the morning (Daylight Savings was happening at the time). Now it's about 5am. The NEXT day of course.
      
      At least this way I can check and see how many hours to go without having to work it out.

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         barryrutherfordposted 16 years agoin reply to this

         mm the mind boggles fo i wait or do i post early...

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   relacheposted 16 years ago

   Sometimes it is really nice to just be in the same timezone as the HubPages offices...  but that's a nice workaround for those who aren't.

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   katiem2posted 16 years ago

   Great tip, Thanks

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   emievilposted 16 years ago

   Bumping this up just in case.

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   wyanjenposted 16 years ago

   There will also be a countdown clock:
   
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/44076?p … ost1024056
   
   

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      darksideposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      Excellent!
      
      I suggested that during the last contest. They had one for the weekly voting, but not one for each day.

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      Les Trois Chenesposted 16 years agoin reply to this

      That is what I need - a count-down clock for each day!

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    rebekahELLEposted 16 years ago

    also, there's FoxClocks add-on. you can customize it and it's displayed in the status bar at bottom of screen.
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1117/

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    travelespressoposted 16 years ago

    Great tip Darkside, I like it a lot.  Unfortunately I don't have Vista but I found this great work around.
    
    Time and date is a website which allows you to enter the time you want (the start of the challenge) and enter your own country.  It then converts the time and you then have the start time in your country. 
    
    It's not as good as Darkside's suggestion or a countdown clock but pretty cool.
    
    Here's the link http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
    
    Good luck everyone!

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