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General discussionReleased January 1st? January 2nd?(7 posts)(7 posts)
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Posted August 01, 2016
Hi guys,

I've observed that several games on GOG used to have a release date of January 1st (weird day).
Apart from that, they now have a release date of January 2nd.

Do you guys know why is that?


Some examples:
- Pinball Gold Pack
- Kyrandia 1
- Kyrandia 2
- Kyrandia 3


Thanks!
Posted August 01, 2016
Weird day? It's the first day of the year. :P That to me seems like the ideal day to release something.
Posted August 01, 2016
That means "we don't know when it was released but we have to put a specific day in the release date category." December 31rd is also a good candidate for that.
Posted August 01, 2016
Possibly due to how dates are calculated on their system or adjusted on yours? Ideally, servers should be storing UTC dates and times and sending just that to the client, which should adjust for your time zone. Conversely, clients should be sending dates to the server in UTC and not offset by their client settings.

Not sure how they store their dates, where their servers are located or how they are set time-wise, so it's difficult to tell without putting in a ticket.
Posted August 01, 2016
That generally means that nobody is sure of the exact release date. That sort of thing wasn't tracked in detail years ago like it is today.

Often the release date simply was when the local game retailer had boxes on their shelves. A lot of games were sold in part by mail order too.
Post edited August 01, 2016 by Bouchart
Posted August 01, 2016
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tinyE: That to me seems like the ideal day to release something.
Why would the first day of the year be ideal to release a game?
Posted August 02, 2016
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JDelekto: Possibly due to how dates are calculated on their system or adjusted on yours? Ideally, servers should be storing UTC dates and times and sending just that to the client, which should adjust for your time zone. Conversely, clients should be sending dates to the server in UTC and not offset by their client settings.

Not sure how they store their dates, where their servers are located or how they are set time-wise, so it's difficult to tell without putting in a ticket.
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Bouchart: That generally means that nobody is sure of the exact release date. That sort of thing wasn't tracked in detail years ago like it is today.

Often the release date simply was when the local game retailer had boxes on their shelves. A lot of games were sold in part by mail order too.
Thank you so much, guys. That clarifies things. It is probably a combination of not knowing the exact date, plus some change in the way release dates are delivered from the database to the website.
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