Countdown Tournament Clock

[hallway]

Am I the only one who has a problem with the time left to the start as shown in the Tournament Listing and the actual time of day that one has scheduled the start for ??

 

Every tournament I have done I have encountered these discrepancies.

 

Now my Math is pretty rusty so it has been a case of - oh well one is prone to Senior Moments !!

 

BUT after changing it twice in the past hour I watched it for sometime and while my computer clock ticked over 5 minutes - the Tournament time to start stayed the same :-(

[csdenmark]

No Maureen!

 

I have also noticed that the BBO clock seems not to be stable.

 

I think you know this feature to help you for count down:

 

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcount.html

 

Time is set for UTC/GMT. It would certainly be nice if BBO would be able to put in links for world clock. Some day that may come I hope.

[hallway]

Claus

 

I use that link - it is on all the BILounge schedule pages in the Lounge Club News section - direct to the meeting planner which is ideal for my members sorting out their own times to attend teaching sessions.

 

M

[uday]

The time-before-start is not updated continuously.

 

If the tourney is more than a day in the future, the time is updated (and broadcast to everyone) about once an hour.

 

If the tourney is more than 4 hours away, every 10 minutes.

 

if less than 4 hours away, every 15 seconds.

 

 

That might explain some of what you are seeing. Yes, it would be nice if the host could specify (and the viewer could see ) start times in local time. Someday..