Last modified: 2012-05-03 04:55:55 UTC
In Preferences on en.wiktionary.org and en.wikipedia.org, I set Time Offset to America/Los Angeles. However, posts made today get the following timestamp after the signature: *In Wikipedia: 6:04 am, Today (UTC−7) *In Wiktionary: 6:04 am, 28 April 2012, last Saturday (11 months, 31 days ago) (UTC−7) I am not sufficiently technically knowledgeable, but I used the same computer, OS, and browser for both sites, and yet Wiktionary still thinks that what happened today happened a year ago. Thank you for your time and trouble.
Where do you see "(11 months, 31 days ago)"? That looks like something you wrote and is completely wrong because you reported this bug on 28 April 2012.
I see it appended to every signature made today in EN Wiktionary when I set the time offset as described above. I did not write it; I copy-pasted it exactly as it appeared on the 28th. Naturally it is completely wrong. It could never be correct, because "last Saturday" could never be "11 months, 31 days ago" no matter what day it is. If I am being unclear or omitting information, please tell me, so I can help you diagnose the problem.
Sounds like a bug in a gadget, probably "Change UTC-based times and dates, such as those used in signatures, to be relative to local time" on Wiktionary and something similar on Wikipedia. You should take it up with whoever maintains those gadgets on those projects.
I'll look through the Gadgets list. Thanks so much for the lead! (By the way, I think this essentially resolves the problem.)
