Currently there is a very irritating bug with the forum event posting plugin. They added a feature to improve timezone conversion support, but of course didn’t quite get all the way there. While we’re waiting for them to fix it, here’s the workaround:
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Regrettably, you will first need to figure out what time your event starts in the GMT timezone. I recommend using the following website: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ . Don’t forget to pay attention to the day, in case it’s an evening event for US players.
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Click on the cogwheel to insert the time and input the correct time/date for GMT. You can ignore the timezone field, we’re just going to delete it in the next step anyway.
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After you click to ‘Create’ the event, delete the
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Yes, your preview time is probably going to look wrong (unless you happen to live in GMT); this is part of what’s broken about the plugin.
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Publish your post and confirm that the time looks correct in the post and on the calendar. If it doesn’t, panic and ask staff for help.
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I’ve reported the bug and the plugin authors acknowledged it and said they’re working on it (same day, four days ago). I will post an update when the bug has been fixed and we no longer have to do this stuff!
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