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LexWordsmith's avatar

What time of day serves as the boundary between Fluther's "days"?

Asked by LexWordsmith (964points) August 9th, 2009

Please give the answer for any specified time zone and then also for UT.

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janbb's avatar

I assume Fluther’s official days start on West coast U. S. time since the Fluther Gods both live in California, i.e., a day starts at 12 midnight Pacific time.

marinelife's avatar

No, I think it is ET, because I have sometimes fluthered into the late night, and the new day greeting comes up.

DeanV's avatar

Fluther never sleeps. It goes through slow spots, but I don’t think I’ve ever been on Fluther alone.

The new day greeting may fluctuate based on your IP, too.

AstroChuck's avatar

Every night at 12 midnight pacific time (0800 UT when no daylight savings time) I score one lurve point for consecutive days on Fluther. It doesn’t change with region. I’ve been in both Eastern time and Hawaiian time on Fluther and it doesn’t follow you.
New Fluther day always begins at 12 Midnight PST or PDT, depending on time of year.

jrpowell's avatar

I think the servers are located in St. Louis, MO. I think Slicehost uses http://www.datotel.com/ I ran a bunch of traceroutes and they all ended up in St. Louis. But that doesn’t really mean anything. You can set the time to whatever you want with co-location. It gives me a +1 at midnight PST so I assume they have it set for that since they both live here too.

jonsblond's avatar

I receive my one lurve point for consecutive days on Fluther at 2am. I live in Illinois, CST.

MacBean's avatar

Concurring with @AstroChuck and @johnpowell and @jonsblond, I get my point for consecutive days at 3am, and I’m in New York. So Fluther runs on Pacific time. (Worst. Time zone. Ever.)

janbb's avatar

@MacBean What about me? I was the first with that answer.

AstroChuck's avatar

@janbb- Ah, quit whining. :)

janbb's avatar

@AstroChuck I’m a grade-grubber, I admit it.

marinelife's avatar

Hmmm, I must have been up fluthering later than I thought!

AstroChuck's avatar

@Marina- We’re all guilty of that.

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