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Join the Free Software Foundation (FSF) on {{{meeting_start_day}}} {{{meeting_start_time}}} to {{{meeting_end_time}}} {{{meeting_time_zone}}} time zone for the Free Software Directory IRC meetings, in the #fsf Libera.chat moderated by the FSF staff!
Our day and time is right now:
Run this terminal program in a GNU/Linux system terminal to see the meeting start time in your time zone:
$ date --date='TZ="America/New_York" 12:00 this Fri'
Regardless of the topic, administrators will verify and approve new software proposed by users, correct existing pages and provide technical assistance publicly in the channel. All users are welcome.
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Documentation
FSF
- The FSF is located in Boston which is the state capital of Massachusetts. The IANA time zone database identifier for Massachusetts is America/New_York.
- Time in Massachusetts - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Massachusetts
- "According to the text of the bill, the new time wouldn’t go into full effect until 2023, with clocks not rolling back after springing ahead for daylight saving time in March of next year. After that March 2023 spring forward, no more time changes would take place in most of the U.S." - https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/when-does-daylight-saving-time-end-in-massachusetts/2873819/
- Free Software Foundation: The IRC meetings are held 12:00-15:00 on both Eastern Standard Time (EST) and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), unless otherwise noted.
Software
Server-side
LocalSettings.php
- Manual $wgLocaltimezone - MediaWiki - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgLocaltimezone
- $wgLocaltimezone = "America/New_York";
- Manual $wgLocalTZoffset - MediaWiki - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgLocalTZoffset
Extensions
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TimezoneConverter
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TimeConvert
Client-side
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words
- {{LOCALDOW}}, {{LOCALHOUR}}, etc: "The following variables do the same as the preceding ones but using the site's server config or $wgLocaltimezone." (see the LocalSettings.php section
- Manual Timezone - MediaWiki - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Timezone
- Help Extension ParserFunctions - MediaWiki, #time - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time
- Help Time function - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Time_function
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions_-_time:_timezones
Issues
- Free_Software_Directory:Backlog_active#Templates_to_display_EST_or_EDT
- https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Template:TZAbbrev
History
2022
From https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Template:Participate_text&oldid=83298
{{IRC text |meeting_UTC_start={{#time:U| Friday 16:00 UTC}} |meeting_UTC_end={{#time:U| Friday 19:00 UTC}} |meeting_is_active={{#expr: {{#time:U| Friday 16:00 UTC}}>{{#time:U|now UTC}} and {{#time:U|now UTC}}>={{#time:U|today 16:00 UTC}} and {{#time:N|now UTC}}={{#time:N| Friday 16:00 UTC}} and {{#time:G|now UTC}}<{{#time:G| Friday 19:00 UTC}} }} }}
2018
From https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Main_Page&action=edit&oldid=53113
{{IRC text |day_name_meeting_frequency=each |day_name=Friday |start_hour_time=12 |end_hour_time=15 }}
From https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Template:IRC_text&oldid=49734
{{{background_color|#fbfcff}}}; border: {{#ifeq: {{LOCALDAYNAME}} | {{{day_name|0}}} | {{#ifexpr: {{{start_hour_time|-1}}} != -1 and {{LOCALHOUR}} >= {{{start_hour_time|0}}} and {{LOCALHOUR}} < {{{end_hour_time|0}}} | green | black}} }} Our day and time is right now: {{LOCALDAYNAME}} {{LOCALTIME}} {{TZAbbrev}}
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