Backup forum

SteveA wrote:

The client on your computer should use your computer's timezone, but the the online Dashboard seems to be hard-coded to PST.

/rant on
... Wow!!!

There is no way to set the timezone from the control-panel (site)??   For an online/cloud backup service??   So we can know (without confusion) the timestamp of a backed-up file when viewing it from the site??

... Thats, just...  wow!!!   Even this forum has a timestamp setting...

I know, its kind of a minor thing, and I suppose I could just learn to always remember to add a few hours to the time it shows (and explain that to the other admins)..  But if they couldn't build in a timezone setting, it makes me wonder what other things are sort of missing with this....

I mean really...  That is kinda silly...

/rant off

Here's a discussion from the original IDrive forum from 6 years ago.

You could reach out to IDrive, but don't hold your breath!

csmale on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
September 25, 2015, 10:14 pm
I am in Western Europe (GMT+1+daylight time, so GMT+2 at the moment) but all the modification times and dates are out by several whole hours. I suspect it is showing everything in PST. Also, the date format is mm/dd/yyyy, which is US-specific and is potentially confusing for the first 12 days of every month.

When dealing with backups and versions it is very important that there be no confusion about dates and versions....

Can these two things be made configurable in the user profile? Or even better, derived automatically through the browser? Or have I missed a setting somewhere?


IDrive on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
September 27, 2015, 8:22 pm
Our data centers are located in California and the backup time and date listed in the web-manager is as per PST. We have forwarded your feedback to our development team as an enhancement request.

Lars Kuhlmann on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
October 30, 2015, 4:49 am
I have the same problem.
It should show the local times instead.

IDrive on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
November 1, 2015, 8:22 pm
We have forwarded your feedback to our development team as an enhancement request.

Julie loves cats on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
March 10, 2016, 9:17 am
I would also like to support the request for local time display. I am in Australia, and PST really doesn't help me determine the timestamp of files.


IDrive on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
March 10, 2016, 8:46 pm
Thanks for the feedback. This feature request has been forwarded to our development team. They will be working on enhancing the product and may implement the suggested feature based on feasibility.

Ray98 on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
April 14, 2016, 11:30 pm
Please also direct my request also. I have this same issue.

I'm in the uk.

IDrive on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
April 17, 2016, 9:21 pm
@Ray98, we have forwarded this feedback to our development team.

Burlington Press on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
September 1, 2016, 4:54 am
We would also like this feature to be added. We are based in ET and it would be very helpful if the timestamp was localized. Thank you!


IDrive on "Web Client - Timezone and Date Format"
September 4, 2016, 10:16 pm
This feature request has been forwarded to our development team. They will be working on enhancing the product and may implement the suggested feature based on feasibility.