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prorodeo2012 All-Star Author Bakersfield Posts:528 Points:180,845 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 9:48:24 AM Ignore prorodeo2012 Report Abuse Last night around 9:15pm i went to bed. I read and posted 5 times to gasbuddy news stories. I woke up at 6:30am today and did the same. But my points are off. I looked at my daily point history and it shows that I only read and posted 4 stories last night then posted one more around 12:20am. Is their a ghost in the system or something that will purposely delay your posting times or do you need to always read storoes in morning? Now my points are messed up. I did not wake up at 12:20 and read a gas buddy news item or reply to it.

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Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 9:48:24 AM

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Last night around 9:15pm i went to bed. I read and posted 5 times to gasbuddy news stories. I woke up at 6:30am today and did the same. But my points are off. I looked at my daily point history and it shows that I only read and posted 4 stories last night then posted one more around 12:20am. Is their a ghost in the system or something that will purposely delay your posting times or do you need to always read storoes in morning? Now my points are messed up. I did not wake up at 12:20 and read a gas buddy news item or reply to it.

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smugutu1234 Sophomore Author Tallahassee Posts:206 Points:69,590 Joined:Feb 2013	Message Posted: May 3, 2013 7:42:20 AM Ignore smugutu1234 Report Abuse Have had the similar problem as well.
Brindfan Champion Author Colorado Posts:8,176 Points:1,532,645 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Apr 8, 2013 1:13:48 PM Ignore Brindfan Report Abuse "Of course, the bug SHOULD be fixed, instead." Like that will happen..... They can't even figure out why my ISP and this site have comparability problems. Then they don't answer my messages about the problem.
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,639 Points:3,681,410 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Apr 7, 2013 4:02:02 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse Valid point, but I think "should" was being used in the sense of how to minimize the chance of being affected by the bug. Of course, the bug SHOULD be fixed, instead.
Brindfan Champion Author Colorado Posts:8,176 Points:1,532,645 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Apr 5, 2013 11:35:20 PM Ignore Brindfan Report Abuse "As jrsva pointed out, west coast members (and anyone not in the US eastern time zone) should post before midnight eastern time, whatever time that would be in your local time zone." Oh yes, we all should set our schedule to the Eastern Time Zone, like that's feasibly possible for EVERYONE that doesn't live on the east side of the country..... [Edited by: Brindfan at 4/5/2013 11:36:58 PM EST]
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,048 Points:505,360 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2013 3:36:04 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse This is a well known problem that's been documented here more than once in the past. It only seems to happen to points awarded for posting messages, not for reading news or posting gas prices. If you're posting messages from anywhere other than US east coast time zone and it's already after midnight eastern time, there is more than a passing chance your points will show that you posted on the following day as it were, because the time stamp will be from the east coast time zone. As jrsva pointed out, west coast members (and anyone not in the US eastern time zone) should post before midnight eastern time, whatever time that would be in your local time zone.
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,841 Points:1,610,300 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2013 12:36:23 AM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse It pays for members on the west coast to finish their GB business before 2100 PT, just in case there is a server glitch and the time resets. You can also get a jump on the next day by logging into an eastern site anytime after 2100 PT and lock in your points early.
ihuey99 Champion Author Oakland Posts:1,000 Points:376,090 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2013 3:57:36 AM Ignore ihuey99 Report Abuse Same here, got 750 points and it hasn't hit midnight yet. All because the clock shifted ahead too early. It's supposed to shift ahead at 2am anyways, but that I guess is Eastern or Central time. Either way, lost out on 225 points, but they're not going to retroactively give points to every user. We could argue about it, but that's be slightly fruitless since they can't cater to every user. It would be nice to give us points for the ones we posted but didn't get counted until the next day. Keep posting. [Edited by: ihuey99 at 3/10/2013 4:00:41 AM EST]
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,539 Points:2,356,640 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2013 3:50:48 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse dastard57 - I would assume the clock on the server sprang ahead at 2 AM Eastern time.
dastard57 Champion Author Orange County Posts:3,187 Points:623,025 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2013 3:39:26 AM Ignore dastard57 Report Abuse It does that reversion to Eastern time quite often which sucks! I just missed out on completing my daily total points right now (11:30pm PST) because the system is now on EDT with the daylight saving time change. I got home work too late to long on any earlier.
OilOnTheCheap Champion Author Ventura Posts:2,085 Points:448,210 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 1:49:43 AM Ignore OilOnTheCheap Report Abuse This has happened to me as well. I found if I end the session and log back on resets the time to local. The thing is you have to check your points every evening for that days time stamp.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,539 Points:2,356,640 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 11:10:46 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse When the server has a hiccup, its time reverts to Eastern time.