A place for "last update" time/date

IceShadow · Post by **IceShadow** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:15 pm

Hi! As I said in the other thread, I really appreciate the work you guys have put into this site!

I thought of something that might help stop people from asking about the updates to the database, however...would it be possible to put somewhere on the main page a posting of the time and date of the last update processed? I don't know what all is involved in updating the database, so if it would take more than a couple minutes of coding, it probably isn't worth it...but it might help people's anxiety about their updates if they knew the time/date of the last update that was processed.

Just an idea!

-Ice

Post by **Rollie** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:26 pm

Fine idea, and you are correct, only takes a couple of seconds to add that in.

Added a line to the dbstats page:

http://www.warcraftrealms.com/dbstats.php

IceShadow · Post by **IceShadow** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:33 pm

Thanks! Gotta love the quick response from the developer himself.

tobiran · Post by **tobiran** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:37 pm

which timezone is it?

question: can u add a 2nd line: next update on $time $date

IceShadow · Post by **IceShadow** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:44 pm

Given that he has the Longhorns mentioned on his front page, I'm going to venture a guess that he's in the Central US time zone, GMT -6.

And just looking at it...it only tells you when the last update file was uploaded, not when he last included it into the database, if that makes sense.

Post by **Rollie** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:45 pm

It is in UTC +6

There really isn't any point to putting a next update line as updates are pretty much ongoing on a constant basis.

tobiran · Post by **tobiran** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:08 pm

hm do u know the time of the next update?
i want to see my char on the new server

or do you have still the census problem?

Post by **Rollie** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:10 pm

The process is running pretty much constantly. It is over 48 hours behind now so it all depends on when your data is processed.

tobiran · Post by **tobiran** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:26 pm

ok so every 48h the database will be reloaded with the new data?
is this right?

IceShadow · Post by **IceShadow** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:31 pm

It seems to be that new data is added all the time, but right now it's behind, and so it's working on things that are around 48 hours old before it gets to newer data.

tobiran · Post by **tobiran** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:44 pm

ah ok i understand - thx for your help