eBay Isn't Sure What Time It is

[berserkerplanet]

It's 11:05pm Pacific Time on Wed 11/29/17 here in Sacramento, CA.

Just went to print an eBay shipping label, and apparently eBay thinks it's tomorrow already.

I thought eBay operates on Pacific time. Is that not the case for eBay shipping labels? Based on Mountain Time? Or yet another "oopsie"?

[beautybylynn]

Consider the source!!!

[dtexley3]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@berserkerplanet wrote:
11pm or 9pm or 6:01pm - the next day's date is not today. That indicates code written by a non-American-English speaker or someone ignoring the subtleties.

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What does someone's native language have to do with their programming skills?

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As a developer that works in a large company, a GREAT, GREAT, GREAT deal.

[a_c_green]

Just thinking out loud here: could that have something to do with the cutoff time you have set for same-day shipping?

[berserkerplanet]

I have 2 day handling so same-day cutoff time SHOULDN'T apply

(and it's set to 10:15am so 8hrs due to GMT doesn't matter in any math)

I think it might be a lingering  logic/coding fail related to Daylight Saving changeover on 11/6, or it could just be a random daily glitch. (I don't recall coming across it a month or more ago, but that could be because it is the DS change problem, or just because it didn't come up and/or I didn't notice)

when I tried a label print at 9:57pm on Thurs 11/30/17

 

and when I tried a label print at 11:20pm on Thurs 11/30/17 

 

I got sidetracked by a phone call* in the middle of this - of course - so wasn't able to get a 10-11 pm data point as I intended. *%^#*^# PayPal Unauthorized chargeback case issue 😞

I say it again - eBay doesn't know the correct time on the label page.  brian@ebay

[sockmonkeydave]

@berserkerplanet

I often don't know what day it is...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uy0ldI_1HA

[brian@ebay]

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@berserkerplanet wrote:

I have 2 day handling so same-day cutoff time SHOULDN'T apply

(and it's set to 10:15am so 8hrs due to GMT doesn't matter in any math)

I think it might be a lingering  logic/coding fail related to Daylight Saving changeover on 11/6, or it could just be a random daily glitch. (I don't recall coming across it a month or more ago, but that could be because it is the DS change problem, or just because it didn't come up and/or I didn't notice)

when I tried a label print at 9:57pm on Thurs 11/30/17

 

and when I tried a label print at 11:20pm on Thurs 11/30/17 

 

I got sidetracked by a phone call* in the middle of this - of course - so wasn't able to get a 10-11 pm data point as I intended. *%^#*^# PayPal Unauthorized chargeback case issue 😞

I say it again - eBay doesn't know the correct time on the label page.  brian@ebay

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Hi @berserkerplanet, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I've gathered the information you provided here and passed it over to our developers for further review. I'll be sure to update you here when I get an update.

[berserkerplanet]

Awesome!

[castlemagicmemories]

Sorry, I read your title and this came into my head:

Does anybody really know what time it is?

Does anybody really care?

Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uy0ldI_1HA

Lyrics

As I was walking down the street one day
A man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was
On my watch, yeah
And I said
Does anybody really know what time it is
Does anybody really care
If so I can't imagine why
There is always time enough to cry

And I was walking down the street one day
A pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had
Stopped cold dead
And I said
Does anybody really know what time it is
Does anybody really care
If so I can't imagine why
We've all got time enough to cry

And I was walking down the street one day
Being pushed and shoved by people trying to beat the clock
Oh, no I just don't know
I don't know
And I said, yes I said now

Does anybody really know what time it is
Does anybody really care
If so I can't imagine why
There is always time enough to die

Oh everybody is walking
And I don't care, about time
I don't care
Whoa oh oh oh
I don't care

Songwriters: Robert William Lamm

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, BMG Rights Management US, LLC

Artists: Chicago, Groove Society

Album: Groove Society

Released: 2005

[sockmonkeydave]

@castlemagicmemories

Hey 1969 is calling, and "The Chicago Transit Authority" wants their song back.

Sure it may have been on a "Chicago" greatest hits from 2005.

But the song was on the first album, in 1969, became a hit single in 1970.

Then they changed the name to "Chicago"

[castlemagicmemories]

Yes.

We had a rock ensemble in our school.  They were the last to play at a concert.

They played, 25 or 6 to 4, loud enough to blow the roof off.  

[sockmonkeydave]

@castlemagicmemories

I played trumpet in school, and french horn.

Played bass in a punk rock band in the early 80's.

Turned to country after that, was ask to go on a tour of the midwest, but girlfriend said no way.

I don't play any more, but I still write lyrics.

[a_c_green]

Based on a tracking update that landed in my MyUSPS account this morning, the USPS doesn't know what time it is either. It burped out an In Transit entry that was supposedly timestamped at 9:42 a.m. in Detroit. However, I got the email at 7:57 Central time, which is only 8:57 a.m. Eastern time in Detroit, so evidently someone's got a machine out there that never had its time setting turned back one hour when Daylight Saving Time ended last month.

Oh, well, I've seen worse. A couple years ago, for something like two months, they had a machine in the Chicago ISC that thought it was still in New York...