Setting up event times in GMT (UTC)

[rbull312]

Gentlemen,

please could you start setup event times in standard GMT (UTC) ? Setting up in local US times makes confusions - especially like right now during change of daylight savings.

In real aviation the GMT (UTC) is used. So we should do it same imho.

[flubby]

I support this. For me it is alway hard. CET = central eastern time or central european time 

Cu

Flubby

[Easyscor]

I hope this helps.

CET is always Central European Time

CDT is always Central Daylight Time (US)

CST is usually Central Standard Time (US), but after the time change daylight savings becomes the standard for the entire US and usually Europe too, so many posters will just assume you already know it's really daylight savings time.

As you can see, CET is never used except for Euro centric events or events expected to attract European players such as scenarios. Times for Special Events are given in Eastern (US) time, exactly to prevent confusion with CET, CST and CDT.

For event times given only in EST (which means daylight savings time in both US and Europe atm ), you can use this table.

Helsinki                  +7
Europe                   +6
UK                        +5
   
Eastern                   0
Central                  -1
Mountain                -2
Pacific                   -3
   
Anchorage             -4
Hawaii                   -6

Melbourne/Sydney  -10 (I haven't checked these in awhile)

[rbull312]

As you can see, CET is never used except for Euro centric events or events expected to attract European players such as scenarios. Times for Special Events are given in Eastern (US) time, exactly to prevent confusion with CET, CST and CDT.

With respect, but above mentioned is an example of "US centric" thinking. EST is same category as CET or whichever else - a local time zone. So how you can setup a 0h zone for an EST??? 0h is GMT.
A standard is the GMT - or if you want UTC - Coordinated Universal Time or also Zulu time. All Flightbooks or Flightplans are keeped in this and no doubts, no confusions anymore. Recounting from GMT/UTC to the local times is simple if you know relation to your local zone.

all what you need about time zones is available on the http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com
UTC explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

Introducing GMT/UTC in AH would help us a lot.

[BarryBD]

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc 

[Flossy]

A standard is the GMT - or if you want UTC - Coordinated Universal Time or also Zulu time. All Flightbooks or Flightplans are keeped in this and no doubts, no confusions anymore. Recounting from GMT/UTC to the local times is simple if you know relation to your local zone.

This is all very well for those with a military (or in my case Amateur Radio) background, but for many playing this game I think using GMT/UTC would cause more confusion, not less.  I know that a lot of people here in the UK tend to think GMT is our local time all year round, and can't seem to grasp the fact that we are only on GMT during the winter months.  If there is that much confusion here, there would be a lot more confusion by players in the US.    I do take your point but we need to think about the bigger picture here.  Eastern time has always been used for events in AH (and in AW before that) for as long as I have been playing them, and this discussion has also taken place many times over the years. 
Sorry didn't realise this thread was so old... just catching up!

[Noir]

I do take your point but we need to think about the bigger picture here.

Whats bigger that international ? GMT is the standard that's it !