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Showing local times on Codeforces
By kuviman, history, 9 years ago, translation, In English

Hello everyone!

Up to this day Codeforces showed local server time everywhere, and programmers all around the world knew exactly what 19:35 Moscow time corresponds to in their time zone. Now it will be much harder for you to make a mistake and skip another round, since you are going to see time in your time zone.

This is what a usual London programmer sees waiting for Codeforces Round #337 (Div. 2):

The problem was not that easy to implement, since many parts of the site are heavily cached, and we had to manipulate time directly in browser using JavaScript.

Thanks for your attention, good luck to all at the next round!

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9 years ago, # |
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why the contest in the daytime ? I don't take it :-(

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thanks
codeforces for all things great jobs

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Thanks a lot.I always miss the time because of the different country.^_^

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Thanks a lot.As it held in the early evening in Beijing time.I think i could get a high marks.L0L

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Thanks a lot. I appreciate what you've done for us! ^^

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Good feature !! I was expecting this feature for a long time. Thanks a lot for giving us such cool feature :)

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i love that.

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It can improve my ability.Because of different countries,I take it on the mid-night.But it gives me a different feeling.Thanks a lot.

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We appreciate what you do for us and all the invested effort in this site. :)

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啊啊啊

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9 years ago, # |
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hello idont know why I'm skipped please faster check and Returns me my point thanks

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really nice feature

bug report: time is not correct in "Registration for virtual participation" page after click "Now" circle details:

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Can I revert to UTC+3 not changing system settings?

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I was trying a virtual today and everytime I opened a problem / standings, it alternated between contest running (virtual) or contest finished. I suspect this change to be the reason!

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