#Mandate Use Of Timestamps In Auctions

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toxic mesa
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Timestamps are specific and automatically account for device time zones and date format, reducing ambiguity on when an auction ends. A link to an online timestamp generator can be included in #auction-rules.

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(Example of timestamp, with long date with day of week and short time)

lean fulcrum
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or just put end in one hour or ends in 3 days

toxic mesa
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so you gotta tell them the exact time an auction ends

ionic sequoia
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How do you think they will able to do this

brazen vigil
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using these websites is mind-numbingly easy rogiga

ionic sequoia
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Do it manually?

toxic mesa
toxic mesa
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the very first message in the thread

ionic sequoia
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yes but how to do it automatically

brazen vigil
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fun fact : you can type random numbers and get a timestamp swag

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drowsy pawn
brazen vigil
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(literally the first result when you search "discord relative timestamp")

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or another similar website

ionic sequoia
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Automwtically change their time to timestamp

toxic mesa
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you don't

lean fulcrum
ionic sequoia
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You said it

brazen vigil
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the enforcement would work exactly like other trade rules Dunno

ionic sequoia
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I dont think it is neccessary

toxic mesa
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It is not uncommon for people to bid on auctions with a non-timestamp end time after they have ended

brazen vigil
lean fulcrum
brazen vigil
toxic mesa
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It probably only takes like 30 seconds to add this rule too

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lol

ionic sequoia
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-# Im annoyed by how we can ping people by pressing their name now

solid whale
lean fulcrum
ionic sequoia
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@solid whale @solid whale @solid whale @solid whale @solid whale

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@lean fulcrum @lean fulcrum @lean fulcrum @lean fulcrum @lean fulcrum

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That

lean fulcrum
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are you on mobile?

ionic sequoia
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Yep

brazen vigil
ionic sequoia
solid whale
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It’s all good

brazen vigil
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almost random pinged a mod because of this yesterday Holditin

solid whale
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I almost pinged roteilen like 8 times yesterday

ionic sequoia
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Roteilen got muted now

solid whale
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Ik

ionic sequoia
brazen vigil
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what for

ionic sequoia
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@proper pilot

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No clue

solid whale
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Might’ve expired

toxic mesa
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skrull

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oh right

ionic sequoia
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Indefinite?

solid whale
toxic mesa
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rot had an auction that didn't trade in 72hr, idk about the regular mute

ionic sequoia
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Didnyou witness that moment

toxic mesa
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I just woke up*

whole hatch
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can't it be the buyers' resposibility to convert the time

toxic mesa
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(in actuality I only really use this server for updates and trading)

ionic sequoia
lean fulcrum
whole hatch
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like

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c'mon

brazen vigil
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the auctioneer is the one setting the time tho

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it makes slightly more sense for them to make it into a timestamp

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which, once again, takes 20 seconds to do

toxic mesa
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"In a day" sometimes is not 24 hours (according to some people)

whole hatch
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i hate how it's not needed yet is needed at the same time Skrolled

brazen vigil
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also you regularly get people posting stuff like "ends tomorrow at 8pm" and we have to chase them for hours to get them to tell us their timezone

toxic mesa
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and there are edge cases such as Daylights Savings Time that can cause confusion

toxic mesa
brazen vigil
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suggestions are seldom necessary

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doesn't mean they wouldn't be an improvement

toxic mesa
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add free admin button

whole hatch
dull prawn
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why are people clueless reacting

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this is not in place currently

silent oar
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checks suggestion
reads
leaves

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freak oh yeah that suggestion

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I'm going to come back to this later

silent oar
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I'll bring this up to other trade mods

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but for now I'll say it looks slim

lean fulcrum
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shame, would've been good and easy

pallid tundra
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Hello.

I do not think this is too useful of a enforcement/idea, as a user can literally just look on their calendar and check with the number of hours/days.
There's no point in making it mandatory just because people aren't willing to spend 2 minutes referring to their timezone and date etc, and relying on a timestamp instead.

Having the timestamp set by the auctioneer is complete personal preference, not only will it be quite frustrating for the auctioneer to set up as it needs a specific discord format scheme, but it also gets users in trouble unnecessarily if trade standardised this.

Do understand that yes, it is a good idea, it is only a visual/quality of life thing. Hence making it a rule is a little excessive.

Thank.

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@toxic mesa

toxic mesa
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What about simply encouraging people to use it in the rules section

pallid tundra
toxic mesa
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It's not gonna hurt someone if you encourage timestamp usage 💀

pallid tundra
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Then it is not suitable for the rules channel.

lean fulcrum
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why not put it as an informational message, that message would link to a trusted website that intuitively generates the timestamps and would say
" If you wish for your bidders to have an easy understanding of the auction end time, you can use this website to generate a timestamp that shows the exact time to every user in their respective timezone."

dull prawn
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if “trade-rules-and-info”, why not also “auction-rules-and-info”

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having to look up the timezone can be really confusing especially if someone is on the other side of the world and you don’t just have to figure out what time it ends, but also what day it ends

lean fulcrum
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instead of mandating it

silent oar
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I already did that before

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And its also pinned in trade den

obsidian stratus
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coming <t:3674434800:R>

lean fulcrum
whole hatch
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wish granted great

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although not mandate

lean fulcrum
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@silent oar thank you so much ! great

ripe dove