Official NationStates Timezone

[Aractia]

So, a lot of role playing takes place on NationStates. There's role playing in regions and in the forums. For role playing, a player sometimes needs to mention a time, such as a time when a missile will strike in a war role play. But, when mentioning the times, some people don't mention the timezone, or if they do, it is inconvenient to go online and find out what time it is in that specific time zone.

My suggestion is: create an official NationStates timezone. NST (NationStates Time) will be visible on every single NS page. Roleplayers and regions do not have to abide by it, but it strengthens the role playing, is less confusing, and seems like a fairly simple feature to implement.

Feedback, thoughts, questions, ideas?

[Fischistan]

Interesting idea...I remember way back they had one of those on Club Penguin I believe.

[Scoochi2]

why not just use a current universally coordinated time?
How about UTC?

[Frisbeeteria]

Frankly, not seeing a need for this.

While roleplayers are a significant part of our population, they're far from the only demographic affected by such changes. If timing is important in your RPs (and I can't imagine that it's a major factor in most), you can chance your forum settings to show all times in UTC or any agreed-upon timezone. Gameside, RMB posts are ordered sequentially, so timezones are effectively irrelevant.

[Ballotonia]

Players can agree to this, yes. EDT/EST is the UDL timezone. Just because that way the updates start at a convenient 0:00 am/pm.
Other player groups may have their own reasons to pick a different timezone as more convenient for them.

Ballotonia

[Radiatia]

This is a good idea, but I suggest you moot it in a roleplaying forum where it'll get a much more positive reception. It won't be done in game I imagine, but you could always start some sort of FB&NI thread?

[The United Soviet Socialist Republic]

This is a good idea, but I suggest you moot it in a roleplaying forum where it'll get a much more positive reception. It won't be done in game I imagine, but you could always start some sort of FB&NI thread?

this^.

[Bears Armed]

The IDU has a regional map, which takes it as being located on an Earth-sized world, and the region spreads across a number of time-zones on that world. We don't need some outsider trying to tell us what the time "is"... especially as RP verrry rarely takes place in a 1:1 relationship with the RL passage of time anyhows...