Which timezone are you from?

[crazyness003]

Hey everyone. I've always been curious to know how "24/7" the forums really are. So this is a chance to see what time everyone is from. You can see this phenomenon in the bump thread; depending on what time it is, and how much time people have.

As internationalisations goes, GMT is the relative point where all the other zones are based off, so lets go from there. East is GMT+ and West is GMT-, then append the hours afterwards.

ex: Im from GMT-5 (US Eastern Standard Time) so pick the -5,-4,-3 option

Of course you don't have to specifically tell where you're from. If you like, just vote in the poll and go about your business.

Again this is just for fun...and I hope you have fun.

See this if you're not sure where you would stand
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/timezone.htm

Notes:
Since there is more time zones than poll options, some are grouped to regional location, so bear with me.

The :30 intervals will just have to stick with their respective hour intervals
Ex: GMT+8:30 will be grouped with GMT+8, etc.

Also, there are some non-standard zones: GMT+13 and GMT+14; which will be grouped with the GMT+12 zone.

Thanks for playing

EDIT: eternalnewbee (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=612361) had a dream "Instead of a poll graph use a map with borders, and click on your time zone or country. That would be your vote." Unfortunately, the forums wouldnt let us do that. So xpod (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=140634) gave us a link to see how that may have looked like: HERE (http://www.flippinsweetdude.com/maps/index.php)
(warning, that page takes MASSIVE resources to render that Google Map. You're browser may crash in the process. If not, then enjoy)

[doorknob60]

GMT -8 (US Pacfic)

[smartboyathome]

GMT -8 (US Pacfic)

Ditto to that. :KS

[civillian]

GMT +0 (London time)

[FuturePilot]

Gmt -5 (est)

[crazyness003]

GMT -8 (US Pacfic)

Ditto to that. :KS

Make sure you vote!

(I was kinda slow to get the poll up in time...my bad)

[Magneto]

-+5

[lukjad]

-5
I think...

[sisco311]

Eastern European Time (EET)

Standard Time = GMT+2
Summer Time = GMT+3

[crazyness003]

SUMMER TIME!? Didnt think of that...meh Daylight Savings Time is teh suxor anyway. BAN DST!

[lukjad]

I never liked it. Up and down with the sun, I say.

[notwen]

east side up in this piece. yuh

[crazyness003]

I never liked it. Up and down with the sun, I say.
so true

[Dragonbite]

Gmt -5 (est)

Be interesting to see where this lies after 24+ hours so everybody gets a chance.

[crazyness003]

Reason for making!
So far -5 is the winnrz. id imagine -8 to be but whatev.

plus, everyone in Asia is ZZzzz

[Idaho Dan]

GMT-7 here.

[mick222]

Glasgow Scotland waiting on the Bhoys game

[JohnFH]

Reason for making!
So far -5 is the winnrz.

Not now!
GMT in the lead ... for about 5 mins probably. That might make sense considering populations.

I'm not sure how east coast (or west or central for that matter) of US compares with GMT +1 +2 countries (UK, France, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, etc.) in terms of total population. Probably comparable.

[crazyness003]

probably. i wanted to make it as accurate as possible. But i think i did a bad job for the east and far-east countries. lets see how it rolls around.

I wonder how many people here are from Alaska?

[Dragonbite]

Not now!
GMT in the lead ... for about 5 mins probably. That might make sense considering populations.

I'm not sure how east coast (or west or central for that matter) of US compares with GMT +1 +2 countries (UK, France, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, etc.) in terms of total population. Probably comparable.

Could be because I thing GMT is getting or out of work or otherwise are getting onto their computers for some after-dinner-reading while it's still 2:30 pm EST and we're at work.

[damis648]

Gmt -5 (est)

+1 to that -5. :popcorn:

[SuperSonic4]

London time baby (GMT)

[rolnics]

+1 for GMT(London)

I'm surprised that GMT is way out in front, would have thought by now (a day later) there would be more votes on the GMT -? time zones, perhaps all the American's are all voted out! lol

[eternalnewbee]

+7 (Phra Nakhon sri Ayutthaya)

[xpod]

London GMT.
Just off the Meridian line.

[mips]

I'm surprised that GMT is way out in front, would have thought by now (a day later) there would be more votes on the GMT -? time zones, perhaps all the American's are all voted out! lol

Americans generally do not use GMT or UTC and to most it might appear Greek, similair to the 24 hour clock or what they call military time.

They generally use,
EST or Eastern Standard Time Zone
CST or Central Standard Time Zone
MST or Mountain Standard Time Zone
PST or Pacific Standard Time Zone
Alaska Standard Time Zone or AKST
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone or HAST

[jimi_hendrix]

EST owns

[kellemes]

Amsterdam UTC/GMT +1 hour (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=16)

[Circus-Killer]

GMT +2 (South African Standard Time) (SAST)

[eternalnewbee]

I have a dream....
Instead of a poll graph use a map with borders, and click on your time zone or country. That would be your vote.

[xpod]

I have a dream....
Instead of a poll graph use a map with borders, and click on your time zone or country. That would be your vote.

Not quite time zone specific but it gives an idea all the same.

http://www.flippinsweetdude.com/maps/index.php

[eternalnewbee]

Not quite time zone specific but it gives an idea all the same.

http://www.flippinsweetdude.com/maps/index.php
Very nice, but WOW it almost made FF crash!
It's also only showing the southern hemisphere...

[kellemes]

Very nice, but WOW it almost made FF crash!

No crashing here.. Must be something wrong with your setup.

[eternalnewbee]

No crashing here.. Must be something wrong with your setup.
It didn't actually crash. It became really slow for a couple of seconds, then became grey, and then everything went back to being normal again.
What setup? You mean FF? haven't altered it in any way (yet).

[mirhciulica]

Eastern European Time (EET)

Standard Time = GMT+2
Summer Time = GMT+3

GMT+2 here too :KS

[Eisenwinter]

I'm from GMT +2.

[crazyness003]

it seems like the GMT, +1, +2 party is winning (f it were a competition).
Go figure. that Ubuntu User Map thing shows Spain EXPLODING with Ubuntu Logos.

And do you see some of those in the middle of the ocean?!?! WOW and the one at the most-norther side of Greenland.

And finaly we got some Eastern (Asian/Australian) votes in.

keep on polling, baby!

[dizee]

Where I'm from is Western European Time aka GMT aka UTC, but for the next while I'm on Eastern Time (UTC -5).

[-grubby]

-8, but your poll is kind of flawed because it doesn't have 3 time zones in each or individual time zones.

[crazyness003]

-8, but your poll is kind of flawed because it doesn't have 3 time zones in each or individual time zones.
i know, i tried to plan it as accurately as possible, taking surface area into consideration more than population density. This is just a generalised poll anyway. No political campaigns involved here. I just wanted to see which time-zones are active the most.
Still, its better than nothing.

[xpod]

Very nice, but WOW it almost made FF crash!
It's also only showing the southern hemisphere...

Strange about the Southern end.
94500


It didn't actually crash. It became really slow for a couple of seconds, then became grey, and then everything went back to being normal again.
What setup? You mean FF? haven't altered it in any way (yet).

The laptop i was on when i first posted it did the very same thing but it seems fine back on my Desktop here.

[bonzodog]

Ireland here, in GMT.

[-grubby]

i know, i tried to plan it as accurately as possible, taking surface area into consideration more than population density. This is just a generalised poll anyway. No political campaigns involved here. I just wanted to see which time-zones are active the most.
Still, its better than nothing.

Ah, sounds better than what I'd do. For a minute there I thought you just slopped it together.

[rudihawk]

I am GMT +2 (Johannesburg/Harare)

CAT (Central African Time) :guitar:

[Th3Professor]

I'm from Earth time zone.

;)

[crazyness003]

I'm from Earth time zone.

;)
UETZ? (Universal Earth Time Zone). Its 5 o'clock somewhere ;)

[LookTJ]

GMT -8 Pacific Standard Time.

[poundjd]

EDT -5
-jeff

[Th3Professor]

UETZ? (Universal Earth Time Zone). Its 5 o'clock somewhere ;)

Rather than using GMT or any Earth-based time reference, Earth time is more like a time zone within our solar system... then there's the galaxy zone, then...etc. :D

[sharathpaps]

GMT + 5.5 (India)

[abhilashm86]

Gmt+5:30
e*(india)

[crazyness003]

cool. we gots people from [almost] everywhere now. It seem like more people from the GMT0, +1, +2 area are the most active...very active. Maybe even too active...hmmm

anyway, i wish there was a better way to make and implement this poll. I just wanted to see where the most people will report from, and it seems like everyone knows who is teh wnrz. (with more than half the vote, yikes)

Now you should get a basic idea where most of the forum members are from...and when to ask a question so more people can get to you (i just thought of that. Not a bad idea)

Anyway, i'll just let the poll run its course, see how long before it becomes extinct. In the meantime, enjoy your...morning/eavening/day/night

peace!

[Dale61]

GMT +10 during the winter months, but GMT +11 now.

'I come from the land Down Under,
Where women blow and men chunder.'

[WaeV]

EST, GMT -5

Hmm, if you imagine the chart rotated counterclockwise 90 degrees and laid across a map of the world, you'll notice that the userbase is roughly proportional to the land area of the developed nations. Except for Europe, which is extraordinarily high.

I hadn't thought about it before, but I guess it makes sense that Europe would be more inclined to use linux, after all, Windows and Apple ARE American companies.

[crazyness003]

...'I come from the land Down Under,
Where women blow and men chunder.'

lolz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew)

[MikeTheC]

I am "from" the same time zone I am "in". :)

Same one as O.P. ... -5

[MikeTheC]

EST, GMT -5

Hmm, if you imagine the chart rotated counterclockwise 90 degrees and laid across a map of the world, you'll notice that the userbase is roughly proportional to the land area of the developed nations. Except for Europe, which is extraordinarily high.

I hadn't thought about it before, but I guess it makes sense that Europe would be more inclined to use linux, after all, Windows and Apple ARE American companies.

I was noticing myself that EST has more Linux users than PST... Interesting. And to think they call themselves "high tech" out there in California.

[WaeV]

I was noticing myself that EST has more Linux users than PST... Interesting. And to think they call themselves "high tech" out there in California.

Except ESt is only -5. They've also lumped in... AST and whatever -3 is.

[kagashe]

+5:30

kagashe

[sanderella]

I notice there are no users in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.:popcorn:
GMT is where I'm at.

[derekr44]

Arizona has its own. We don't believe in daylight savings. We get enough of it in the desert! :lolflag:

[forrestcupp]

I accidentally chose +5 instead of -5. Sorry for jacking up the poll.

[billgoldberg]

Gtm +1 (w-eu)

[hessiess]

Gmt (uk)

[crazyness003]

I accidentally chose +5 instead of -5. Sorry for jacking up the poll.

its cool. We'll just have to make a mental note. :P

[Nevon]

Standard time: GMT+1, Sweden.

[73ckn797]

OPPS!!

selected +5 instead of -5

In Newnan, Georgia

[SlickRick]

that map put the logo on the wrong house than mine, but I think that's better, means that you won't know where I live :D
GMT and in the summer I'm usually in +2(Lithuania)

[marcgh]

GMT
+/- 2 km away from the (GMT) meridian in Tema, Ghana - West africa.

[Grukmuck]

count another from -6 from my end. i see 20 votes but no posts (i apologize if i missed one). so consider this an official representation of CST.

[-jay-]

GMT -8 (US Pacfic)

same here

[crazyness003]

count another from -6 from my end. i see 20 votes but no posts (i apologize if i missed one). so consider this an official representation of CST.
I used to live in CST.
Chicago baby (well actually Elgin...and Rockford....and Amboy...but whatev)!

[Dragonbite]

Wow, the USA is a little low on the showing!?! Gotta do something about that! :)

[wipeout140]

Gmt +0

[crazyness003]

Well. Its officially DST. But since I based my poll on GMT, Theres no need to worry about anything...unless your local government dosnt enact DST. Then just add an extra hour to your timezone.

UTC dosnt have DST. I shoulda based it offa that.

[milehigh]

GMT -7; USA MDT. For the first time in years, I managed to change my car clock without looking at the owner's manual!

[diwas]

GMT +5.45
Anyone from Nepal????

[Dragonbite]

GMT -7; USA MDT. For the first time in years, I managed to change my car clock without looking at the owner's manual!

I don't have to worry.. the light has blown for the display so I can't see it anyway.

[beercz]

gmt +0 (london time)
+1

[perlluver]

Eastern Standard Time, or Daylights Savings whatever, -5 I think.

[carml]

GMT +1 Italy.:P

[Danw12]

GMT (london, UK time)
even though im in birmingham... ;)

[Jesterday]

Atlantic Time Zone, -4

I doubt there are very many from that time zone.

[crazyness003]

GMT (london, UK time)
even though im in birmingham... ;)
Alabama? :D

[DownTown22]

GMT -6
Saskatchewan, Canada (where there's no daylight savings time)

[lisati]

Currently NZDT - GMT+13 - and when Daylight Savings ends, it'll be GMT+12.

There are a couple of other "kiwis" here.

[beira-mar]

Hi! I'm at GMT (Aveiro, Portugal)!
and im also a new user @ ubuntu forum...

[crazyness003]

Hi! I'm at GMT (Aveiro, Portugal)!
and im also a new user @ ubuntu forum...
Welcome. and ......however you say "welcome" in Portuguese.

[s.fox]

GMT at the moment. Will be GMT + 1 again in a few months :)

[MaWaLe]

GMT+1 (Tunisia)

[Marlonsm]

GMT -3 (-2 during some summer months)
Brazil time

[KCG102282]

Gmt -5

[Sense]

Currently I'm living in the CET(Central European Time), aka GMT +1, but next weekend it will be CEST(Central European Summer Time), aka GMT +2!

[rucadulu]

MST Got to love the Rockey Mountians.

[mc4100]

Plain old Greenwich, here. Well, strictly and technically speaking, it's British Summer Time: so +1 then.

[pbpersson]

Mountain Standard Time......and the Europeans are leaving us behind in their dust! :o

[Dragonbite]

If we were to group the European time zones into a European count, the America's (North, South and everywhere in-between) into an America's count and do the same, if possible, to Asian, etc.

I wonder what the counts would be like then.

[crazyness003]

maybe someone as brilliant as the op of this thread should embark on such an advanced polling expedition, and start a new thread. :D

[jomiolto]

I think that according to quantum superposition I exist on all of the timezones simultaneously.

[crazyness003]

nowai!

[Ambly]

GMT - Lisbon time. Western Europe.

[billgoldberg]

Gtm +1

[Paul41]

Americans generally do not use GMT or UTC and to most it might appear Greek, similair to the 24 hour clock or what they call military time.

They generally use,
EST or Eastern Standard Time Zone
CST or Central Standard Time Zone
MST or Mountain Standard Time Zone
PST or Pacific Standard Time Zone
Alaska Standard Time Zone or AKST
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Zone or HAST

Gmt -5 (est) for me.

We don't just generally use those terms, we always use them :) .

[gjoellee]

GMT +2 on Summer Time

[Frak]

GMT -6
Central Time (Chicago/North Dakota)

[Mi*6d@#]

UTC+3/+4 - Moscow Time

[nubimax]

-6 Central highlands of Mexico.
M.

[danastasio]

Eastern Standard Time
Connecticut USA
W00t!

[premamotion]

+2 Bucharest (RO)

[Megrimn]

U.S. Central Standard Time -6 I'm a Minnesota native, but currently attending college in Arkansas, so no TZ change.

[crazyness003]

Suddenly, out of nowhere: necropost!

[Dale61]

Summer time now here in Australia, so that would be +11GMT, or AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time).

Ironically, Queensland, which is the northern most state on the Australian Eastern Seaboard, does NOT recognise Daylight Savings Time, as a whole, but the southern most region of Queensland (Coolangatta) does as it keeps it in line, time wise, with the northern most region (Tweed Heads) of New South Wales.

So, with that, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and the ACT are all on the same time, with Queensland 1 hour behind, South Australia and the NT 1.5 hours behind, and Western Australia 3 hours behind.

[Bear]

-5 :cool:

[HermanAB]

It is interesting to note that 40% of users are in Europe. The Americas are still firmly in the death grip of MS.

[Erik1984]

UTC+1 (+2 with DST)

[PaulW2U]

It is interesting to note that 40% of users are in Europe. The Americas are still firmly in the death grip of MS.

GMT here, +1 in the summer.

Don't forget that the USA and some of its neighbours cover several time zones. GMT, +1 and +2 also covers non-European countries. The USA might actually be in the lead. :)

[JRV]

I'm in -6, US central. We go off daylight savings time tonight. I hate daylight savings time. I think the whole world should be on GMT like Iceland.

[odiseo77]

-4:30 here.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Why are there more than 24 time zones in this poll?

Well, tomorrow I will be moving one hour later.

[Pinoy Tux]

UTC+8, no DST

[PaulW2U]

Why are there more than 24 time zones in this poll?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B14:00 - well someone had to look it up. :)

It seems Kiribati are GMT+14. :eek:

[Dale61]

They have only recently changed to a + time zone as well. They did so as to fall in line with their other Pacific Ocean neighbours, but mostly as they do a bit of trade with Noo Zillan, so rather than be a full day behind, they bit the bullet and lost a full 24 hours. When they made the change, 2 minutes after 11:59pm on the Thursday it became 1 minute past midnight on Saturday.

[mips]

Don't forget that the USA and some of its neighbours cover several time zones.

Pretty much GMT -5 to -8 excluding alaska & hawaii