Preview/post timestamps don't match

December 18, 2006 6:03 PM

I noticed a minor bug when posting a comment earlier. When previewing, all the timestamps are in PST. After posting the comment, everything went back to normal (CST for me). Not a big problem or anything, but a quick search didn't show it having been reported yet.
posted by Spike to Bugs at 6:03 PM (11 comments total)

Yeah this is a known issue. I think mathowie said it's a super pain to get live preview to have the right timestamp, but it should maybe say that someplace.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 6:14 PM on December 18, 2006

I think Spike meant non-live (dead?) preview. The timestamp on one's own previewed comment isn't there, but timestamps on others' comments are in PST.
posted by matthewr at 6:22 PM on December 18, 2006

Actually, this was in the non-live preview, but I noticed it in the live too.

Two months, and I'm just now noticing this? That's kinda embarassing.
posted by Spike at 6:23 PM on December 18, 2006

Dead preview! Yes, I propose it be called that from now on.
posted by Spike at 6:24 PM on December 18, 2006

It's dead, yet it lives! The Undead preview!
posted by Pollomacho at 6:44 PM on December 18, 2006

Zombie preview.
posted by luftmensch at 6:53 PM on December 18, 2006

"Zombie preview."

Now it makes sense to say that preview ate your HTML.

Its brains, anyway.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:29 PM on December 18, 2006

Now it makes sense to say that preview ate your HTML.

Its brains, anyway.

Live preview's not unreasonable. I'm mean, it's not going to eat your <i>'s.
posted by joshuaconner at 8:57 PM on December 18, 2006 [1 favorite]

So you are saying it's more the mummy or frankenstein of previews?
posted by Pollomacho at 9:01 PM on December 18, 2006

There's a ton of little bitty issues with the "dead preview" page that I wish Matt would fix. If I had my undead druthers, dead preview would operate and look exactly like a regular post page. Alas, I think it is considered a dead end, and not important enough to repair/improve.
posted by carsonb at 7:47 AM on December 19, 2006

I think we need to hear Astro Zombie's take on this, now.
posted by Spike at 4:13 PM on December 19, 2006