add a link to a timezone converter for video upload date
fenopa opened this issue · 11 comments
I was using this for this purpose: https://citizenevidence.amnestyusa.org/
But they are broken for a while
I think it was using a link like this: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220805T220000
Can you add a link for video upload dates to see it on different timezones? Reason for asking is YouTube shows dates in your local timezone and that sometimes differs by 1 day from their original upload location. It's nice to check when it was actually uploaded.
Hi @fenopa
As far as I know the video publish date returned from the YouTube API is always GMT +00:00 and not your local timezone. I wouldn't mind adding a link or way to transform that to alternative timezones though, I can look into this.
However, it appears that the reason amnesty's tool is broken is because they hit the quota limit when checking the browser console. Their site should be back to normal after midnight PST.
Hi @fenopa
As far as I know the video publish date returned from the YouTube API is always GMT +00:00 and not your local timezone. I wouldn't mind adding a link or way to transform that to alternative timezones though, I can look into this.
Thanks for response, yes API returns GMT +0 I guess but when you view a youtube link in browser, you get local timezone which is sometimes problematic because it can differ from actual original upload day. That's why I was using that amnesty's tool but your tool is so much more awesome with regards to details. It would be so nice to add a similar link or a way to transform video publish date.
Their tool is broken for months btw.
Thanks for consideration.
Hi, is there any update on this?
Hey @fenopa,
Sorry, when I was looking at timeanddate.com that you linked the iso parameter at the end didn't seem to work really. Or I guess the selected zones to convert to were a URL parameter too and get added to the URL. I see how it works now with a restore button too.
I was looking for alternative sites that would work though didn't find any I liked. Other things took my focus but I can try to solve this again, potentially with a custom solution.
Just pushed changes for this, you will now see (convert) on dates on the Normal page.
Just pushed changes for this, you will now see
(convert)on dates on the Normal page.
Hi, thanks a lot, I'm using it and it works great. Thanks again for considering!
@mattwright324 I noticed a problem with these convert links on a different computer. The problem is, it makes convert links by adding the local time zone to it. I mean, if the local timezone of the computer is GMT+2, it will make the link let's say for a 20:00 date as 22:00. I noticed this now because local timezone of my main computer was GMT+0 so it wouldn't make that change on that computer but I noticed it makes a wrong link with local timezone.
Can you make it so it wouldn't make such adjustment and send only the metadata time?
This does appear to be an issue but it should be an easy fix. I didn't realize it would convert the utc timestamp to local but all I need to do is add .utc() to set it back before using it for the convert link.
@mattwright324 thank you, looking forward for the fix, cheers.
This is now fixed