Wrong upcoming times on the main page

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Hi,

I'm currently in Perth Western Australia and I think the upcoming times are wrong for me on the main page. For example, unprofessional Fridays use to start at 6 am here but it now says 8 am. I think the upcoming times are two hours ahead for me. I first noticed this during the E3 week where the nightly shows would start two hours ahead of the time that was on the "Upcoming schedule".

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#2  Edited By jslack

@siavashh: Hey there. We have looked at this multiple times. Unfortunately there's not a whole lot we can do. Time is based on the NetAcuity engine that we run: http://www.digitalelement.com/solutions/

They determine your location based on your client request, and then we calculate time from GMT.

Based on the information on their site, the factors they look at are:

CountryConnection TypeProxiesHome/Business
Region/StateMobile CarrierISPIndustry Codes
CityLatitude/LongitudeDomainCompany Name
Zip/Postal CodesPhone Area CodeASNOrg Name
Custom RegionsTime Zone/LanguageMobile CarrierDemographics

It's not unusual that they aren't 100% accurate. Maybe you can file a report on there, and maybe they can update their db.

Thanks for reporting.

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@jslack:Thank you for the response. I found an older thread from like two years ago that people were having the same issue: http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/bug-reporting-33/unprofessional-fridays-at-10-30-am-upcoming-times--1427949/

It might be an issue with daylight saving and the fact that Perth doesn't have it. Thanks anyways :)