forex calendar dates question

Hi,

I'm very confused about the dates in the calendar. For example if i open a page with default settings for November 12, 2008 11:30 am and then open the same page with GMT settings, i get the time converted to GMT. But if i convert the same time using any online time converter - the results differ. Could someone please explain how i could always view the time in GMT, because, if i understand correctly, GMT does not take DST into effect and in ff calendar i have to set DST to ON for dates like that anyway. How should i even know when to set that damn DST to on? I know i should sync the clock with my computer's clock, but that's not what the topic is about. I'm just generally confused about ff's time handling, that's all.

If elected king of the world, I promise to end daylight savings time once and for all. But until then we'll just have to deal with it. The way you can get the FF calendar to work like you want for this search, is by changing your "Time & Date Options" to DST = OFF and Time Zone = GMT. The GMT designation is meant for people living in time zone GMT+0. It doesn't mean that it will always show GMT time. The FF calendar appears to be adding an extra hour to whatever you're viewing because:

1) Daylight savings time is currently in effect for most large countries in this time zone (GMT+0).
2) You have DST set to ON.

Here's a site you can visit for getting standard and daylight savings time dates from around the world. Looks like DST is in effect for most of GMT+0 until Oct 25.

http://www.worldtimezone.com/daylight.html

Here's a link (below) for making requests to Forex Factory. You could request that they make a customization which automatically figures out whether to display daylight savings time or standard time, when searching the FF calendar for past or future dates, if you have the DST option set to ON. Right now it appears to only use the current date for figuring this out.

http://www.forexfactory.com/sendmessage.php

P.S. - After you're done searching the calendar for dates that encompass standard time, you'll probably want to change your DST back to ON. That's still a good default setting.