Timezones 4, all good .. ?

Thu Nov 05, 2015 - Timezones 4, all good .. ?

Ok, the controversial settings are now free for everyone. If you don't know what this is - check out Part 1, 2, 3.

You can now turn on the 1 day offset and turn off the channel timezone correction in settings/air dates.

It's not that the handful of adblocking complainers convinced me to make it available for everyone - I created the issue in the first place (by letting users get used to what was effectively a faulty system - and then taking it away from them). The poll result showed me clearly that there are many users displeased with the change and I'm definitely not ok with that and all the controversy and negativity this sparked.

Ok, if you had issues before - check it out, let me know if everything is good now or describe your problem if not.

comments [45]

comment # 1 by paulguy6

Thank you Santah for a GREAT site, and thanks for all your hard work. Paul

comment # 2 by Quinlan

Looks good here. Things went back to normal.

Although now I know that I am probably among the adblocking complainers. Cute.

comment # 3 by flyfixer

Thanks, much appreciated. Hope the future has less speed bumps in it. My apologies again.

comment # 4 by lordroy

I just want to say I appreciate all the hard work you put into this. I have bought the Android App and I turned off adblocking for this site. I hope you understand that not everyone was complaining and most of us appreciate everything you do. Keep up the great work!

comment # 5 by migmad

I changed mine to US Los Angeles time and even though it was correct (like usual) yesterday, today it's wrong again. What do I do now? Thanks for this great site!!!

comment # 6 by tadhgk

Good job man. It can't have been a fun few days for you, sympathies.

comment # 7 by sara

Thank you very much for all your hard work on this site, keeping track of everything would be a lot harder without all your efforts. They are much appreciated.

comment # 8 by Doranna

Thanks!

comment # 9 by geheimnis

Hey santah, I now have a problem with my Not Tracked shows appearing on the homepage and calendar even though "Hide "Not Tracked" shows from Homepage and Calendar." is selected. I've tried unchecking, saving, checking, saving but it didn't work.

Any ideas?

comment # 10 by santah

@migmad - experiment with setting your timezone to your real one and toggle the new settings from this news post

comment # 11 by santah

@geheimnis

Apologies - my bad. Should be fine now!

comment # 12 by migmad

Sorted - thanks so much and keep up the great work. I use your site EVERY DAY!

comment # 13 by frodo69

This is the best site and if the odd little hiccup happens, well... if that is the worst that occurs, life is easy. Great job. Keep it up!

comment # 14 by BlackBox

Looks and feels great again. Tnx santah for all your efforts to please everyone:)
For me this site is an important cornerstone of the internet and your hard work is much appreciated!

comment # 15 by waredati

first, thank you you for such a great work.
but i still have problem. i checked offset air date by 1 day in setting and doesn't work for me!

comment # 16 by TheTomCZ

Santah, you're crazy :-)
Just put your foot down, everybody will get used to the suddenly-correct system soon enough and they will be happy about it :-)

Sometimes people need a slight push in the right direction to know what's good for them... Take Facebook for example, they change all the time, 0.1% people complain loudly everytime, and everytime they shut up eventually and start using the new features happily along with the silent 99.9% :-) Change is hard for people, but keeping everybody happy is a road to hell, trust me, being a web developer myself, I'm talking from experience O:-)

Anyway, keep up the good work, thumbs up, winkface, smileyface, et cetera et cetera,
sincerely, your 100% satisfied paying customer :-)

comment # 17 by ossessive24

thank you for the change, now it's easier for me to follow my shows

comment # 18 by misfitnz

I was thinking this is a storm in a teacup but, with my timezone set correctly (GMT +13h, New Zealand DST) the home page is telling me that Thursday is in the future when it's 11:07pm Thursday night and a test episode from the Thursday list is available on a torrent site and has been for 7 hours.

I guess I need to do the offset thing.

[edit] No that didn't work. Now the show I'm downloading is being shown as two days in the future.

comment # 19 by misfitnz

So I guess I'll use the Calendar page. Never used it before [and I've been a member since 2006], have always found all that I needed on the homepage. However the calendar page is a much simpler interface and is accurate for my timezone.

Thanks Santah.

comment # 20 by Passta

awesome work, just bought the app and turned off my adblocker to support you.

comment # 21 by santah

@waredati wrote you a PM

comment # 22 by santah

@misfitnz - what do you mean it's telling you that Thursday is in the future?

Is it showing as Tomorrow or are you talking about the right hand calendar on the homepage?

Is it Thursday where you are?

comment # 23 by misfitnz

@Santah - I was talking about the right-hand column and yes, it was Thursday, very late. Now it's 1:49am on Friday it's showing Friday as the Future. So the right-hand column thing (which I usually use to check what to download) is a day out for me and using the off-set makes it two days out.

I can live with it though. I finally discovered the calendar feature after almost a decade of using your great site. :)

comment # 24 by santah

@misfitnz - tried this option? http://i.imgur.com/Ep7k9f7.png

And the default is for this to be synced with the rest of the homepage items.

So it would have the current day on the top, with the same shows as the Today shows.

Generally, "Future" and "Past" aren't perfect labels for the days past today and from today forward, so those will be updated to reflect what they represent, soon.

Through the option I showed in the image in this comment though, I believe you'll be able to get your right hand calendar on the homepage the way you want it.

comment # 25 by RoboticMonkey

Thanks Santah and like always keep up the good work :D o/\o

comment # 26 by sofie777

I can offset the homepage with one day, and everything is fine there, but the offset does not work on the calendar. I only use the calendar for the big picture, so it is not a big problem, but if it is fixable, I would like to have it fixed :)

comment # 27 by santah

@sofia777 what do you mean it doesn't work on the calendar.

Let me know of a specific example. It's out of sync with the homepage once you offset with 1 day or what.

comment # 28 by Django

I didn't have any problem but thank you ;)

comment # 29 by Wintermute

Happy now, I prefer seeing the show listed on their US air times despite being in Europe. I tend to stay up and add them, often also watch them, so even though it's technically another day I tend to track and think of them as the US air time.

comment # 30 by micke_sthlm

Worked perfect and still does! Muy Bien!

comment # 31 by sofie777

@santah Like today (thursday here) it has Bones ++ in the calendar, but on the homepage I have Arrow ++ today. I like to have Arrow today, so I have ticked the box with "offset 1 day". If I untick that box, nothing happens in the calendar, but I see Bones on the homepage.

comment # 32 by santah

Can you illustrate this with screenshots?

Also what's with the '++'? Does that mean something?

comment # 33 by jeliza-rose

Glad I pay my bit for all this hassle you get

comment # 34 by anontemp123

Santah, are keeping track of who is using an adblocker and who is not?

comment # 35 by john-halliwell

All good now, thanks very much Santah :D

comment # 36 by amk19v

Thanks for all your hard work. Im glad to be a paid subscription, your hard work is appreciated. I live in Australia where all the shows we get are always 6 months, 12 months or even years behind the Northern Hemisphere. So a slight glitch, if there was one, not that I noticed......is really a first world issue huh...Keep up the great work :-)

comment # 37 by misfitnz

FWIW I use an adblocker but have set it not to block ads for NE. I did sign up for 1 year premium membership a while back (or thought I did) however when I checked my Paypal account I saw that it was an annual recurring payment - something that wasn't made clear when I agreed to the 1 year payment.

I cancelled the recurring payment (as I'm a very poor invalid on welfare and as it is my choice was social life or internet) and the premium membership has now expired. I didn't use any of the added features that came with premium, just wanted to support this site at a time when I had a few bucks spare.

I would likely do it again if / when I have a financial surplus but really dislike the stealth recurring payment thing and having to then cancel it (unless that's changed and now I can just subscribe to premium for a year or make a donation of similar size?).

I love NE and have been using it daily for almost a decade.

comment # 38 by samuel615

Most convenient site on the internet. Timezone option was gold as I like to know when things actually air live. Can't imagine how much personal time of yours goes into this website. Especially all those years it was free only. Much much appreciated.

comment # 39 by trueblubloodfanx

I've been watching this unfold but nothing in my calendar has changed throughout. I turned AdBlock off for your website though so that may be why.

comment # 40 by santah

Thanks everyone for the great feedback!

comment # 41 by sofie777

++ means "and more" series

comment # 42 by ozpacific

Ther should be additional settings for your timezone - GMT +/- number of your home time.
So can see the real time of tv shows..

comment # 43 by pixel

Thank you. You have no idea how much joy your site has brought to me. Living in SA where a lot of these tv series either would never be shown, or are shown very behind schedule, this is my entertainment saver.

The amount of new and wonderful series I've discovered just from this site alone, I can't thank you enough.

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