Considering the servers aren't designated with a certain time zone, but rather an entire region, "Earth Time" is an extremely vague term that could mean any of a number of time points.
To give an example using the trigger for this thread's creation, Amphelice in Idyllshire (the weekly repeatable Singing Cluster x18 quest giver) shows as such:
http://puu.sh/vCQS8.jpg
I'm on the Siren server, which is on the Aether datacenter. This datacenter is located up in Montreal (Canada), but it services the entire North American region.
Which of the six time zones in North America is this server referencing with "Earth Time"? It could be any of UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, or UTC-4. Further complicating this, if I check server time it shows 5:45 AM when it's actually 12:45 AM where it's located, so the server isn't even observing its own time.
This is something that should have been picked up during the localization process. Unlike Japan, which only has a single time zone, other regions of the world can have a great many. Clearly defining metrics like this is important.
How does the game define "Earth Time"?
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05-02-2017, 01:53 PMkattzkittiHow does the game define "Earth Time"?
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05-02-2017, 01:56 PMDaranion
The best time zone, PST
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05-02-2017, 02:07 PMValkyrie_Lenneth
Usually, if the game tells you a time, its for YOUR timezone. Weekly Resets are 1am PST.
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05-02-2017, 02:09 PMAma_Hamada
What ever your computer clock is set on / ps4/ whatever, it adjusts to that, same with any in game timer. wedding invites are the same way, the person trading to you will have a different time stamp on it then what you see on it (unless you are both in the same time zone)
TBH I thought that was obvious. -
05-02-2017, 02:58 PMRilasha
Earth Time is Local Time, as opposed to Server Time and Eorzean Time. I've had it not account for Daylight Savings though (but that might be because my state in Australia changed the week it changes a couple of years ago).
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05-02-2017, 02:59 PMAma_HamadaIt is whatever your computer/ps4 whatever does, it does not "not account" for anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rilasha
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05-02-2017, 03:01 PMkattzkittiNot actually how that works, otherwise I could just go in and change my computer's clock and have the resets happen whenever I wanted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ama_Hamada
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05-02-2017, 03:09 PMValkyrie_LennethIt will display the time reset happens as whatever the time would be as set on your device. If you have it set off, the game will still account for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kattzkitti
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05-02-2017, 03:46 PMAma_HamadaYes it does , lol, it will update the time accordingly in game.Quote:
Originally Posted by kattzkitti
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05-02-2017, 05:01 PMRongway0100 PDT -- this is an important distinction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth
Weekly resets for non crafting/gathering activities are Tuesday, 0000 (midnight) PST, always.
Dear OP, type
/timers
General weekly reset is listed as "Challenge Deadline" using your system's local time. Tuesday, 0000 PST, or 1700 JST.
Crafting/gathering weekly content is listed as "Custom Deliveries": Thursday, 0000 PST, 1700 JST (same time as general weekly reset, but two days later).
General daily reset is not listed, but is most easily remembered as "JP Midnight": 0700 PST, 0000 JST.
Crafting/gathering dailies (turn-in lists for GC, Ixal, collectibles) are listed as "[GC crest] Next Mission Allowance" and "Rowena's House of Splendors": 1200 PST, 0500 JST.
Adjust for daylight time as necessary. Remembering the standard times will be safer -- if you forget to account for the hour difference, oh well, you have an extra hour to cap. If you learn the daylight times instead, when we're no longer on daylight time, resets will happen when you think you still have an hour left. -
05-02-2017, 05:56 PMHasratTo be fair, that whole system is so broken/dumb, DT is literally longer than ST. So technically, probably actually better to remember DT, since you're spending less time in ST anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rongway
(or we could finally wise up and just stop changing the clocks all the time) -
05-02-2017, 07:02 PMXlantaa
When it says Earthtime, means your time, your timezone time you have configure in your PC. It is called "Local time" by the game.
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05-02-2017, 07:37 PMFelisThe many of hours until the reset will not change, but the displayed reset time ingame will change.Quote:
Originally Posted by kattzkitti
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05-02-2017, 09:26 PMRongwayIf you only ever remember the resets in the DT frame of reference, you'll have as much time as you think you have to complete your goal, during 65% of the year; and you'll have an hour less than you think, during 35% of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasrat
If you only ever remember the ST frame, you'll have at least as much time as you think you have to complete your goal, during 100% of the year.
I respectfully submit that this makes remembering the ST times the far better choice.
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05-02-2017, 11:45 PMraela
Er, when I care about resets, I just remember the "new" time after the swap. It's mostly a non-issue since both the roulette and crafting resets happen when I'm at work and weekly is when I'm asleep, but still. Well, and that right now I'm not doing as much due to a content lull..
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05-03-2017, 06:08 AMAma_HamadaYeah like I said, it is all based on the clock you are playing on, not sure why the OP would state "that is not how it works" when it does while they are the one asking the questionQuote:
Originally Posted by Felis
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05-03-2017, 06:19 AMNaria
More specifically it is based on what timezone you have set on your machine--it won't change if you manually change the clock and not the timezone or daylight savings time status.