If you do this, Wikipedia will show all times in Recent changes, page histories, and contribution histories based on your local time zone. However, when you sign a
talk page with ~~~~, the timestamp is created in text, so it has to be displayed in UTC. Automated logs such as
image file uploads are also shown in server time (UTC).
To show other users what time zone you are in, you could even add a
time userbox to your own user page.
This user provides information using userboxes because he or she is bored.
This user is a member of
WikiProject Userboxes.
This WikiProject aims to organize, expand and improve all Wikipedia's
userboxes. We want to make it easy for users to make their own, and to find others, as well as create a standard for all userboxes, including
naming conventions and
content standards.
If you do this, Wikipedia will show all times in Recent changes, page histories, and contribution histories based on your local time zone. However, when you sign a
talk page with ~~~~, the timestamp is created in text, so it has to be displayed in UTC. Automated logs such as
image file uploads are also shown in server time (UTC).
To show other users what time zone you are in, you could even add a
time userbox to your own user page.
This user provides information using userboxes because he or she is bored.
This user is a member of
WikiProject Userboxes.
This WikiProject aims to organize, expand and improve all Wikipedia's
userboxes. We want to make it easy for users to make their own, and to find others, as well as create a standard for all userboxes, including
naming conventions and
content standards.
