GTP 24h clock addition to GTPlanet (for online race events)

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With the GT5P online community organising lots of (un)official races there’s a lot of activity to work out a time that may suit most members. A fair few members know how to work out a time but I also notice quite a lot of questions on this same topic.

As a result of that I’ve been looking around for a world time map that shows the time in quite a lot of places around the globe and isn’t static either. Then I thought how to incorporate that in to GTP.
The only section that is shown permanently regardless of where you are in GTP is the top section. (The one with the buttons News Forums Guides TV Store)

May I suggest to add a button "World clock" to this section and incorporate in one way or another e.g. this website

http://www.gheos.net/js/worldtime/index.htm

There may be more sophisticated ways to do this but then I’m not a programmer.

AMG.


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....I would just suggest simply a single 24 hour clock on 'GTP' time.....If a GTP clock was created that didn't change with daylight saving times simply sticks to GMT the whole year round

A small digital one should fit nicely in the top section...

...May I suggest that the clock has some sort of banner/title for easy comprehension of what it's there for? Something like 'GTP Race Clock' or 'Online with GTP' or whatever....
 
Thats gotta be the best world clock format I've seen to date! will be very useful for sure ;)

Nice find Rob 👍
 
Heres another site for a world clock:
http://www.timeticker.com/
 
Its a very good Idea, but I would just suggest simply a single 24 hour clock on 'GTP' time. Many people use GMT in the racing events currently but many people are confused about the BST (british summer time) with GMT since the UK is only on GMT During Half the year.

If a GTP clock was created that didn't change with daylight saving times simply sticks to GMT the whole year round, when creating a race event a member would set a time on the GTP clock that people in any country can look at the stated race start time and simply look at the GTP clock to determine when the race starts rather than trying to work out when the race will be in their time zone, sure its not too difficult to work out by yourself how many hours behind or ahead of the host time but people can easily get it wrong.

A GTP world clock would make the likes of orgainsing international online events easier. After deciding upon a start time you would simply state: 'Race begins Tuesday 8:30am GTP time. Then a participant would simply have to look at the GTP clock, no matter what timezone they are in themselves.
 
I like that suggestion Steve, one 24h GTP clock sounds like the way forward. Now lets hope Jordan buys in to this too 👍
A small digital one should fit nicely in the top section me thinks.

AMG.
 
I love this idea. I have many International "Friends" online, and alot of the time I have no clue what time it is for them and I usually end up IM'ing them in the middle of the night.
The idea of a GTP clock sounds like an amazing idea simply for coordinating Online racing. I'd also suggest a clock at the top that displays your local time, although most people have a clock on the lower right hand corner of there screen, most people seem to forget that it exists. I know my mom does.. 👎

If this gets implemented, it would be amazingly useful. First thing to do is establish a GTP time. Should it be where Jordan's from?[Kentucky] Or where the server is located? [Idk where that is] Or where the most GTP users are located?[Again, no clue] Thats a major decision.

Again, Great idea. I hope to see it in the future.
 
I think it's a great idea, and no doubt it would be extremely helpful.

Steve's idea of a single 'GTP Time' is very valid, along with what AMG suggested about it being a small digital clock at the top.

May I suggest that the clock has some sort of banner/title for easy comprehension of what it's there for?
Something like 'GTP Race Clock' or 'Online with GTP' or whatever.

Hope the whole idea gets implemented.👍
 
Yup, I back this idea too, there is a lot of confusion around GMT times and despite me trying to get over this by stating start times as "XX:XX UK time (GMT+1)", people sometimes forget to apply the +1 hour for British Summer Time or do not know what UK time is in relation to their time zone.
 
I understand the problem but maybe we should look to other alternatives.

I think the nicest alternative is a plugin for firefox,
leftunder you can see there were 5 minutes between the screenshot and the save (i hope otherwise 6 ;p)

gtptimejg8.jpg


That's one for firefox downloadable here:

get me the clock for GTP races ;)

I'm sure they have stuff like this for IE or Opera as well.


Chrs

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:cheers:.
 
I think some sort of clock would be OK, but maybe some other thing than this particular map, since it's so big.

I was planning to enhance my race schedule website so that people can register and add or sign up for races.

This way you can easily see who's racing where.

Maybe a good idea to put this world map on there once i start upgrading the site.
 
This would be a tremendous help, even after private rooms come online. Excellent idea.
 
A world clock always visible no matter where you are in GTP would be very handy for organising races in advance. So long as it doesn't change with daylight savings.
 
this is a great idea, it make matching up to other racers much easier and i think it will also make GTP much better place in general, recently i have found it hard finding GTP'ers, i notice some run back to back and some go on the quarter. with the clock it simplifies the process and there's more chance of having more racers with more GTP members in there.
 
Great idea!

And without summer daylight savings (Or whatever it's called) it would be perfect. You just need to have two clocks... One with the time-zone you live in, and one with the "GTP race time"...
 
Hopefully someone can duplicate the GT-clock... It's beautiful, would be nice to look the same and it's good to have it analog.

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and it's good to have it analog.

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Yeah well okay, the option i gave is not analogue but digital.
But it was suggestion that could have given us all the clock already, visible on every page.

Perhaps i misunderstood what you are all after, it seems you all rather put yourself at the "mercy" (read willingness to put extra coding in) of otheres, rather then make a small effort yourselves that yields the same results (apart from me misunderstanding what you all need :))

That leaves me :confused: but happy :cheers:
 
The analog clock (1st red box) would look nice with the Planet logo, however it is a 12 hour clock and doesn't indicate AM/PM cycle which would make it hard to select an appropriate time. Don't forget we have members from all over the world.
I have seen 24h analog clocks but if they're as small as the one in this picture it makes for very hard reading.....

Of course this clock should not use "Summer" time. There's no need for that and may well confuse too. I'd suggest to set it to GMT as that is a worldwide accepted norm.

My preference would be a 24h digital clock as seen in the second red box.
The addition of the text below would be a nice to have but an explanatory post in the news section or in a sticky would probably also do the trick.



AMG.
 
Actually, I think it may look a bit better without the flashy background, seems to fit GTP's theme more:

It'd look nicer than that (assuming we do get it), ofcourse (I have poor Photoshop skills)

Anyway, it's a great idea, so my vote is for "Yes"

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Chris.
 
I fully agree with AMG, the digital 24hour clock is the one to go for its easy to read and as straightforward as possible, I would also recommend to have the day above it as people may be in a different day also. As for aesthetics its not really for me to say, but a small digital clock would actually look pretty good, an anologue may look a bit too big and imposing.

[edit] Good job on the screenies AMG.
 
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