Tournament Clock

by **invazn** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:18 pm

Is everyone's tournament clock consistent with the tournament calendar? Mine is way off.

by **wardizzle** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:24 pm

It's GMT, just like Battlefield.

So if you're EST (GMT-5), subtract 5 hours from the posted tournament times.

by **invazn** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:36 pm

Haha I know how 24-hour clocks work as well as time zones. ..I hope.

Example: tourney today is at 21:00-22:00 which means 9:00pm-10:00pm GMT. My tourney countdown says 2:25:36 till next tourney. That would make the tourney at 2:00pm GMT. I hope I am just making a huge calculation error.

by **savin** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:54 pm

there is a countdown timer as a tournament inches closer.

by SW » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:08 pm

Googled GMT time and compared and it's correct for me lol. Smoking something?

by **wardizzle** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:17 pm

invazn wrote:Haha I know how 24-hour clocks work as well as time zones. ..I hope.

Example: tourney today is at 21:00-22:00 which means 9:00pm-10:00pm GMT. My tourney countdown says 2:25:36 till next tourney. That would make the tourney at 2:00pm GMT. I hope I am just making a huge calculation error.

Asian fail.

If you posted this at 13:36 EST with 2:25:36 left to go, that implies a 16:00 EST start time.

If we do the math, 21-5 (to convert to EST from GMT)=16.

So by that math, the tournament started at 16:00 EST.

by **invazn** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:30 pm

I quit. I obviously cannot do simple addition and subtraction. I will just rely on the tourney clock from now on. Never had this problem on Bonus/Playbf.

(I still cannot find my error in calculation)

by SW » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:32 pm

I guess all asians aren't good at math after all. :tehfunny:

by **Viper Katzman** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:38 pm

wardizzle wrote:It's GMT, just like Battlefield.

From what I recall Battlefield used Pacific Time.

On topic, the tournament clock seems to work fine for me.

by **LoSxAngeleS** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:51 am

Battlefield did use Pacific Time. I never had to convert anything from what I remember.

by **invazn** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:37 pm

Screw you guys. I knew I wasn't going crazy. :pissed:

Notice that Monday the 23 is highlighted while it is, in fact, Sunday the 22. Also note that TankPit claims the current time is 1:27 GMT while, in fact, it is not. It also claims that the tournament this morning took place at noon when, in fact, it did not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaPysXyndJ4

:dot:

by **wardizzle** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:43 pm

Posted @ 20:37 PM EST.

20:37 + 5 (to convert to GMT)= 01:37 AM, 22JAN12.

12:00 - 5 (to convert to EST from GMT)= 07:00AM, 21JAN12.

:shrug:

by SW » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:47 pm

invazn wrote:Is everyone's tournament clock consistent with the tournament calendar? Mine is way off.

invazn wrote:I quit. I obviously cannot do simple addition and subtraction. I will just rely on the tourney clock from now on. Never had this problem on Bonus/Playbf.

(I still cannot find my error in calculation)

invazn wrote:Screw you guys. I knew I wasn't going crazy.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/ ... tClock.jpg

Notice that Monday the 23 is highlighted while it is, in fact, Sunday the 22. Also note that TankPit claims the current time is 1:27 GMT while, in fact, it is not. It also claims that the tournament this morning took place at noon when, in fact, it did not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaPysXyndJ4

by **wardizzle** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:51 pm

I'll just throw together a quick rundown of how to convert between time zones.

1. Establish what two time zones you are looking at in terms of GMT. In this case, we're looking at GMT and GMT-5. To find the equivalent of your time zone in terms of GMT, a quick Google search will do.

2. Consider GMT to be a variable. For example, if we try to figure out what time it would be at 23:00 GMT-5 in GMT, we can set the numbers up as follows:

(GMT)-5=23
(GMT)-5+5=23+5
GMT=23+5
GMT=04 AM

Conversely, if you know the time in GMT and want to convert to your time zone, you can set it up like this. Using the same numbers as in the above example, but with GMT being 23:00.

(23)-5= (GMT-5)
(GMT-5)=(EST)
(23)-5=EST
18=EST
EST=18:00 PM

Hope this helped. :dot:

by SW » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:58 pm

You're over-complicating things wardizzle.

If your time zone is "GMT -5", then you simply subtract 5 hours from GMT to get your time.

My time zone is "GMT -7". If the GMT time is 17:00, it is 10:00 for me.

:smart:

by **wardizzle** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:59 pm

I'm just giving him a thorough explanation since

wardizzle wrote:It's GMT, just like Battlefield.

So if you're EST (GMT-5), subtract 5 hours from the posted tournament times.

didn't seem to do the trick.

by **987** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:34 pm

another great thread