Its 7:18 on Friday, wheres my Patch :doitnow!:

[Grrr]

When is this patch coming, I've checked the civ3 website for the last 7 hours!

[notyoueither]

GGGrrrraawwwrrrall.

Move to New York.

Salve

[Immortal Wombat]

You've been online all night?

[Libertarian]

I'm sure they mean US Eastern time. That's sort of the world standard, isn't it?

[Immortal Wombat]

No, GMT is. US Eastern time is US standard, and should be shunned at all costs.

[Libertarian]

Well, I meant de facto, not de jure.

[volcanohead]

Now you're just being silly. Or deliberately provocative.

[Pembleton]

I can't tell if the original poster is serious or not.

In case you are, when it does get released, I wouldn't be surprised if it is afternoon by the time it's released anyway. So given that it's 1:35 p.m. US Eastern time right now, another 24 hours or more is not out of the question.

[Libertarian]

Originally posted by volcanohead
Now you're just being silly. Or deliberately provocative.

I don't intend to be either. Sorry. But doesn't it make sense that a Maryland company would speak in terms of US Eastern time to an entire universal set of aspondents?

[Immortal Wombat]

*pretends to be well-educated and well-read*

Originally posted by Libertarian
Well, I meant de facto, not de jure.

Oh, right, of course

[Steve Clark]

It is the de facto standard because Firaxis is in the EST and not in some time-warped place that is already into the day after next.

[Grrr]

Originally posted by Pembleton
I can't tell if the original poster is serious or not.

In case you are, when it does get released, I wouldn't be surprised if it is afternoon by the time it's released anyway. So given that it's 1:35 p.m. US Eastern time right now, another 24 hours or more is not out of the question.

So you're telling me that I might have to wait until Saturday.
The time now is: 07:41 Friday, 15 Febuary 2002.
I live in New Zealand (+13) in case you're wondering.

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Libertarian
I don't intend to be either. Sorry. But doesn't it make sense that a Maryland company would speak in terms of US Eastern time to an entire universal set of aspondents?

Ah, yeah. It does. Maybe they could say Friday - 2pm EST.

[notyoueither]

It's not just US EST. It extends into Canada (and maybe Brazil).

BTW. It's not US standard time in any event. If I remember correctly, the time zones were devised by a Canadian.

So to be correct. It's Canadian EST.

Salve

[Libertarian]

Maybe they could say Friday - 2pm EST.

Probably would have been best.

[...patting Canada's head to make it happy... ]

(We truly are a big gorilla, aren't we?)