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DPsycho on 17:58, 9. Mar, 2009
It appears as though the forum is not using updated dates for Daylight Saving Time in the United States. I have confirmed that I am using the proper time zone setting (Central Time), but it is displaying an hour behind and not marking forum posts properly as read/unread as a result.
Mojko on 18:54, 9. Mar, 2009
We already know of this issue and are working to fix it. It should be fixed in the next update.
DPsycho on 22:54, 9. Mar, 2009
Thanks!
Progressor on 14:38, 5. Apr, 2009
Lately it has been the case that the forum icon shows up as it should, but doesn't always make the go to buttons red, nor does it make the date and time of the new messages yellow.
Mojko on 14:40, 5. Apr, 2009
Moved related post here. Issue will be solved in upcoming update.
theultramage on 10:45, 11. Apr, 2009
Automated DST handling will not be added in this update yet. As a workaround, do what all the others forum ask you to do - set your timezone to +1 more than you normally are (they use a 'DST' checkbox, but that's basically the same).

As to why it won't be added... there are various technical problems with timezones, and it all comes down to the fact that timezone offsets themselves aren't enough. Each country can have arbitrary DST rules that can change every year, and so we need the user's timezone in standard named format (like Europe/London or US/Central) to be able to correctly recalculate dates in the past and present.

The biggest obstacle is paradoxically the user interface. The PHP function timezone_identifiers_list() can provide a list of all timezones, but the list is HUGE and contains a lot of entries I have never heard of. Something like this would just confuse the user, and so we need to figure out how to present this information in an useable way.
Progressor on 00:01, 23. Jun, 2010
I was about to create a topic about this again.
I'm not sure the days that the time changes are the same in any country which uses DST, but if they are, you could simply add a check box for DST. If checked it will automatically add or not add 1 hour.

...so I suggest what ultramage started about. XD I'd appreciate the checkbox.