Forum time [clock at bottom of page] not updating.

[salymap]

When I return from 'Hibernate' my computer tells the correct time but the forum clock shows the time I last posted.

Should it update automatically - at the moment I have to reboot to get the correct information?

[Andrew Slater]

The time should update from the server, so should be independent of your computer time.

I have just managed to produce the problem on my machine.

I presume it happens because the hibernate process caches any web pages you have open when you switch off and then on switch-on reads them from the cache rather than from the web.

If you refresh the webpage (e.g. green up/down arrows on IE8), the time 'recovers', without the need to re-boot.

Hope this helps.

[salymap]

Thank you very much for trying Andrew. Unfortunately I am still on IE Vista, and at nearly 82 it doesn't seem worth updating. I can carry on like this then. Best wishes, salymap

[french frank]

saly

I think Andrew meant refresh/reload the page. If so, I would have thought that the clock should right itself automatically as you change pages. Do you mean it seems permanently stuck, even after you've, say, posted or changed to look at a new thread?

The page/clock doesn't automatically refresh in the sense that the time changes even if you go away to make a cup of tea. When I post this, the clock will change (hmmmmm, I hope).


Mmmmm, actually, it didn't - I had to press CTRL+R ... I wonder if there is a slight issue?

But it changed when I moved to a different page altogether ....

[salymap]

Sorry ff over delay,someone clearing bins for me

No,I posted on Stormy Weather and it's 70 minutes slow by the time on the forum. Willtry againlater, Thanks

It'sjust changed over and then back. I am going for a cupof tea.

[salymap]

ff curiouser and curiouser. I posted on Stormy Weather some time ago and it updated. On returning to the problem it now says 10.53.

[french frank]

ff curiouser and curiouser. I posted on Stormy Weather some time ago and it updated. On returning to the problem it now says 10.53.

You're not using your back button to return to the page, are you?

[salymap]

No ff, don't bother, leave it for now. Thanks, saly

[Andrew Slater]

I can't reproduce the problem either. The server sends the time as plain text.

Saly - just two final questions: what browser are you using, and how are you navigating between the pages (e.g. are you using multiple tabs, or are you going back via the 'forum' button at the top of the screen and then going to the 'stormy weather' thread via 'platform 3', and then coming back via 'how to')?

[salymap]

Internet Explorer, Andrew. I think I usually do it the second way you suggest.

I've been on iPlayer for quite a while and it's okay at the moment. Must log off now. Thanks for all your work.

[Andrew Slater]

Thanks, Saly - I can't explain it at the moment - will think about it.....