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No.

Midnight... I think EST, I refreshed at around 12:02 and it was "1 day".

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:20 pm

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Partnerz · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 39

Is eastern time 5 hours behind GMT? Would it make the time here in the UK 12.07 PM

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:24 pm

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No.

I think it's something that needs to be done by a PM at midnight in their time zone.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:26 pm

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Zedix · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 93 Location: Ottawa

Yes, Eastern Time is -5

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:26 pm

No.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:27 pm

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Partnerz · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 39

Sorry when i was typing my post you must've posted several in between what i was refering too. My fault for not using a quote. I was actuallty adding 5 hours to Macavity's post. Sorry for all the confusion.

So GMT you reckon it would be around 5.00 am.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:33 pm

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kalamazoo · Veteran Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 83

The PMs slipped up on this one. Let's see if they fix it in tonight's update.

Try this experiment: change your time zone without changing time or date. For instance, I'm in GMT -5. I changed my time zone to GMT +0, which changed my system time from 1605 to 2105. Reloading www.ilovebees.com showed that the timer had advanced five hours.

In other words, the countdown is set to the local time OF THE RECEIVER, not the local time of the PMs (or the Black Widow SPDR, for that matter). The countdown stops at 6:07 AM 24 August 2004 your local time, whatever that is. That means it stops at 6:07 AM London time, and at 6:07 AM San Francisco nine hours later, and 6:07 Berlin time an hour before, and so on.

This is probably not what the PMs had in mind, and I suspect it will be fixed if they are lurking around...

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:13 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:16 pm

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Max Damage · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 178

They didn't slip up.

In the story here, the countdown was originally written by Dana as a countdown to her trip to China. She's very much an amateur web-designer, so just did it the cheap n' easy way.

The SPDR process later hijacked the clock (See the final paragraph of The Widows Journey) to send out a warning, but it couldn't actually rewrite the clocks code - hence it's still called 'countdowntochina.js'.

It's perfect - that's what I love about this game. Every detail is meticulously planned out.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:17 pm

markus · Guest

if you call dana right now you can leave a message i have left 4 the first two did say you could leave a message then when i called back later it did meaning that the "leave a message"from her voice mail is a fraud!!!

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:20 pm

Max Damage · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 178

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:22 pm

markus · Guest

call dana you can leave her a message.i left 4.the first 2 said from dana leave a message.that is all.then the next two her voicemail said leave a message Very Happy

**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:24 pm

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:26 pm

markus · Guest

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:27 pm

markus · Guest

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**Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:28 pm