Template talk:Time

message: What is the purpose of this template? It seems to be used primarily in people's signatures, which defeats the purpose of having timestamps in the signature in the first place. What valid uses exist? —Bkell (talk) 01:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It saves time. at least on my user talk page. There are places where we subst this template for time to save time. --Cat out 20:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why don't you just use five tildes? ~~~~~ will do exactly the same thing. —Bkell (talk) 21:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Er, wait, never mind, no it won't. That was my entire point, I guess. What's an example of a case in which this is useful? —Bkell (talk) 21:19, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

text: This template has been transcluded in several spots, which seems to serve no purpose.  As for substituting, the only advantage I see over ~~~~~ is the linking that results in it following the user's date preferences.  Maybe we need to get a bot to remove all transcluded instances of this template.  —TheMuuj Talk 20:40, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No we don't. Leave it alone. It tells the user the current time on UTC at the time of their post. It serves the purpose of any clock. --Cat out 07:16, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that it provides misleading information if used after a post.  If I signed this comment with , today it would look like I signed November 20 (which is true), but next week it would look like I signed November 27 (which is obviously wrong).  It can be used for other purposes, but should not be used after comments on talk pages. —Mets501 (talk) 11:55, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing  might do the trick. ~ trialsanderrors 09:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purpose 

message: I'm looking for other templates for wedging in the time.  This one isn't quite it.  Links anyone? -Zeno Izen 20:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: other time templates

message: I added an argument so it can be used to display the time in different time zones. I've added CET, feel free to add more. Currently, daylight saving time will have to be set manually, it's going to be complicated to set that automatically.
-- SkyLined (talk) local time:14:47, 14 April 2008 (CET), server time: 13:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I wish to add IST on  which is UTC+5.5 hours. How do I do that? It doesnt accept decimal vlaues as 5.5 , can you help me ? --  TinuCherian     (Chat?)   - 05:37, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

text: This has been addressed: time zone offsets should be calculated in sub templates, as it is now done for CET, PST and IST     — SkyLined {talkcontribs 22:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Argument 

message: For some reason, GMT wasn't on the list and it started to bug me, considering in Britain we are 1 hour ahead of UTC but there's no template. But anyway, it's added now. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 15:29, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added GMT 

message: I delinked the date per "The wikilinking of dates is now deprecated." -- Suntag ☼ 19:44, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: De linking the date

message: I'd like to change this template so that it's more generally useful to the project. What I'm thinking of is changing parameter 1 so that it's a HH:MM time value; adding parameter 2 with an optional time zone value (with UTC being the default); and possibly adding named parameters for both of those parameters.
The reason for this is that I'd like a time template available for use in article space. This way we can avoid the use of HTML entities within wikitext, and can easily provide local -> UTC conversions for our world-wide audience.
Comments, concerns?— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 15:30, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. - Talk to you later, Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 20:05, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the proposed feature would be awesome to have! However, that change requires updating up to 575 transclusions to use the new arguments, but other than that I have no objection.     — SkyLined (talk) 15:27, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: How do you plan to cater for Daylight Saving? In both hemispheres? Pdfpdf (talk) 15:58, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

text: (And the backward compatability - are there only 575 transclusions?) Pdfpdf (talk) 15:58, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change use 

message: EST is not a time zone. 
 produces , but that will only be correct until the first Sunday in March next year.
I'm looking for something that will always show the correct time, adjusted for daylight saving. --Uncle Ed (talk) 19:09, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Ed's right "EST" stands for "Eastern Standard Time" the input therefore should be ET. EST is fine for an output, during EST but this template is outputting "EST" regardless of whether standard time is in place or not.  During daylight savings time it should be "EDT". JIMp talk·cont 07:11, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Time offset vs. time zone

message: I have created  and would like an NZST parameter added to the template. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 21:34, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: -- WOSlinker (talk) 13:50, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  NZST 

message: I have been playing around with some code for adding a straight UTC offset functionality to this template. Aside from adding a nice piece of functionality to this per se, it makes the template more usable to more people who do not live in one of the currently incorporated, named time zones.  Would people have an interest in this? StevenJ81 (talk) 18:38, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorporation of straight UTC offsets 

message: Is there a reason there is no param  to create DMY output? When used in an article that is otherwise DMY, it looks (and is) wrong.
—[AlanM1(talk)]— 19:20, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: AlanM1, this isn't the correct use of the  template - it is supposed to be used to request edits to pages where the code is already written and tested, not for general questions about a template. If you don't get a response from your thread, you could try asking at WP:WPT or WP:VPT. Or if you want to draw up the code yourself and test it, you can reactivate the request after that. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 03:28, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: OK. Sandbox updated with revamped template, supporting  to render DMY dates. Also now correctly supports present but empty param 1 (as default UTC). Testcase page has been redesigned to test all supported cases and compare results using new subtemplates. Doc updates to follow (assuming implementation in live code). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:48, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

text: Additionally, I gave AWST its own offset template, instead of using BT's. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 08:29, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done. Thanks for your hard work, and sorry for the delay in updating the template. Also, as I was fulfilling this request I noticed that the template only had 895 transclusions, so I have reduced the protection level to semi-protection. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 06:35, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, if 895 is not enough then I must hold a really strict conservative view of what's considered high-risk.. -- œ™ 04:57, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 9 August 2013 

message: As per title. If the answer is yes how does one do so? Thanks for your time. Brenton (contribs · email · talk · uploads) 03:02, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this template capable of expressing time in AM and PM formats? 

message: EAT may be added to this template. The subtemplate for the relevant offset is . --βα£α(ᶀᶅᶖᵵᵶ) 19:25, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I really dont know what could be done hereafter. Could u guide me or where should this be taken to for establishing consensus? --βα£α(ᶀᶅᶖᵵᵶ) 23:02, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: * Sorry, I clicked the wrong response... —  (e • t • c) 23:12, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: No problem. Thanks for the guidance. Will see through it. --βα£α(ᶀᶅᶖᵵᵶ) 23:52, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  To include [[East African Time|EAT]] 

message: At the risk of feature creep, I'd like to request options to:
# output true ISO 8601 format (not just "a form roughly adhering to the ISO 8601 format"); and
# suppress the link on the time zone (/UTC offset) indicator.
This would allow for output like:
: 2019-06-29T15:34−12:00
or:
: 2019-06-29T15:34−12:00
instead of (using ):
: 2019-06-29T15:34 UTC−12:00
And one could avoid things like:
: 2019-06-29T15:34 UTC−12:00
when the template is used in the article for the specified UTC offset (in this case as it would appear in the UTC−12:00 article — the self-link causes the bold text).
These changes would allow this template to completely replace Template:TimebyUTCoffset, being used in the table at Time zone#List of UTC offsets and in various UTC offset articles (and nowhere else, at the moment). If I've overlooked how to do these things using current options, please let me know. - dcljr (talk) 04:38, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  True ISO 8601 and no article link 

message:  should output as  EDT but instead it outputs as  in standard time from first Sunday in November to second Sunday in March, why does it not output daylight saving time the period when DST is not in effect, is it because the Uniform Time Act of 1966?, that doesn't allow DST year around.
--2605:A000:1103:651:25A5:A2B7:8EB8:365E (talk) 23:49, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  DST yes option 

message: If Line Islands Time Zone had Daylight Saving Time the time zone would be UTC+15:00, since Line Islands Time that is used in Kiritimati, Kiribati is UTC+14:00.  However Kiritimati is so close to the equator that wouldn't need to change the clocks since at the equator there is always 12 hours of daylight all year. 
Here is the UTC+13:00 time ()
Here is the UTC+14:00 time ()
Here is the UTC+15:00 time ()
In places where the time is currently  the date is  and the offset of UTC is -09:00.
--2605:A000:1103:55F:D132:50B6:A19A:980D (talk) 15:56, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  UTC+15:00 

message: In Date format by country, when the 4-digit year is used in all-numeric forms, the year 2021 displayed as 2121. Can someone fix this? YueLing01 (talk) 04:10, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: @YueLing01: That is probably due to your recent edit using the magic word #time. That is not related to this template. I can't investigate at the moment. Please ask at WP:VPT where someone will fix it quickly. Johnuniq (talk) 04:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I fixed the article. Johnuniq (talk) 08:43, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  2021 displayed as 2121 

message: should display EST with 10:45, April 18, 1976 as Daylight Saving Time back then didn’t start until  which was also on Orthodox Easter that year
I did find disabling the DST option would work somewhat for that date,  would work, but outside the present period of current DST doesn’t work , when DST was observed far before March Equinox in 1974.
2607:FB91:16C9:217:8539:7F5F:1D0B:6B26 (talk) 15:16, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error when using a historic date