As part of the next step towards Geocaching Australia being utilised be people around the world, we have made a change to help you along.
The webserver for Geocaching Australia is in Melbourne so the default date and time is set to AEST (moving 1 hour for DST*). So if you're in a timezone that would be "yesterday" or "tomorrow" from the webserver point of view, we set certain fields to the webserver date regardless of where you are.
Certain dates being the default log date on swaggies and caches and the default hidden date for new caches, etc.
We now utilise the timezone setting in your forum profile to determine a best estimate of which timezone you are in and we will set the date accordingly.
e.g. If it's 1:00am AEST but you are in Western Australia where it's still "yesterday" according to the server, by setting your timezone to GMT + 8 , the default date on new logs, etc should show your local date rather than you having to change it.
Unfortunately we cannot detect DST offsets around the world, so you'll need to do that manually when Eastern Australia enters DST or your own timezone enters DST.
You can set your timezone via your my settings page or via the forums. They are the same database field, so you can use either.
http://geocaching.com.au/my/settings
We hope that by becoming more international and not restricting your experience to our default timezone of AEST you will be able to enjoy the site even more.
If you notice weirdness, please let us know.
*DST = Daylight Savings Time