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Hey GNHQ! The clocks have gone forwards.

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janeainsworth Sun 27-Mar-16 08:10:38

I've just noticed that all today's posts are showing GMT and not BST. Wake up! sunshine

janeainsworth Tue 29-Mar-16 16:47:56

Tell tech to sort the time out nowgrin
<ducks>

LucyGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 29-Mar-16 15:12:10

<celebrates> Excellent grin

janeainsworth Tue 29-Mar-16 15:04:45

Yaygrin

janeainsworth Tue 29-Mar-16 15:04:10

Thank you Lucywine
<puts it to the test>

LucyGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 29-Mar-16 14:53:39

This has been fixed now folks, so hopefully you won't see this 'invalid' message again!

LucyGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 29-Mar-16 13:43:44

Hmm, interesting... As jingl says, it only seems to happen on mobile/tablet devices, but we've got tech looking into it and we'll see if we can correct it smile

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 29-Mar-16 12:37:49

Seems you can do it any which way on desktop, but not the second way on I pad. Why would you want to though? I guess Apple doesn't recognise it as an Internet thingy.

Stansgran Tue 29-Mar-16 10:25:41

I've just tried . It won't on ipad either.

janeainsworth Tue 29-Mar-16 10:18:53

>test< <test>
Doesn't work if you just put the second test by itself though!

FarNorth Tue 29-Mar-16 10:13:02

Yoohoo, GNHQ, have you clocked on yet?

(No, obviously not.)

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 29-Mar-16 08:57:26

>test< <test>

janeainsworth Tue 29-Mar-16 08:53:28

You were right first time alea wink

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 29-Mar-16 08:10:11

Today I'm impressed by no one and nothing. I feel like shit.

#toomuchchocolateandthisbloodyhour

Alea Tue 29-Mar-16 07:38:44

So do I no longer need to be impressed by those who are up at crack of dawn, or is it t'other way round? confused

janeainsworth Tue 29-Mar-16 07:03:22

And it's 8amBST not 7amGMT.

janeainsworth Tue 29-Mar-16 07:01:10

>test<
jingl it seems to work when you use the forward arrow first and the backward arrow second, but not the other way round.
I wish tech would clock on and explain the mystery.

glassortwo Mon 28-Mar-16 22:25:44

grin

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 28-Mar-16 22:00:59

I don't understand why the "Easter" competition has not been judged yet. Things are going to pot round here.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 28-Mar-16 21:59:03

's alright. confused

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 28-Mar-16 21:57:35

>>message<<

janeainsworth Mon 28-Mar-16 21:45:46

Ana you use them when you want to describe what you're doing, eg "flounces off" or "goes away scratching head"
I've just tried it with sideways v's and I'm getting the red message again.

Ana Mon 28-Mar-16 21:16:00

Why would you want to incorporate a sideways 'v' in a message? Seriously, what does it mean...? confused

Alea Mon 28-Mar-16 21:11:35

I too have occasionally had the "message invalid" message when I have tried to incorporated the "sideways v's "(it has just happened again .)Anybody know why? [sigh]

janeainsworth Mon 28-Mar-16 15:30:07

It's not really an assumption, syn, it's a fact.
My phone knew the clocks had gone forwards and so did the computer at home.
I was genuinely surprised that the GN site software hadn't incorporated the time change.
I don't know what it's up to. I tried to put 'pedant alert' using the forwards and backwards arrows at the beginning of this post and got a red message saying 'message invalid'tbushock
I thought I must have been bannedtbushock

Synonymous Mon 28-Mar-16 11:26:17

Isn't it funny how nowadays we all assume that everything works automatically. I can well remember the days when computers were starting to come in and all the 'input' we had to undertake. tbusmile