[kronolith] I missed running the UTC script. Will it hurt to run it after I have old data and new data mixed together?

[gimili]

On 6/01/11 2:58 PM, Jan Schneider wrote:
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> Zitat von gimili <gimili17 at gmail.com>:
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>> On 6/01/11 1:50 PM, Jan Schneider wrote:
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>>> Zitat von gimili <gimili17 at gmail.com>:
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>>>> I missed running the UTC script.  Will it hurt to run it after I have
>>>> old data and new data mixed together?
>>>
>>> If you use new and old data together, and have UTC enabled in the
>>> configuration, your data is already completely messed up.
>>
>> Thanks Jan for the info.  Unfortunately this is the case.  I checked 
>> and I have "Store the dates in UTC format" ticked off.  Could you 
>> describe completely messed up?  Everything seems to be working ok.  
>> Will the new data be ok?  Any suggestions?
>
> The old data is stored in the users' local timezone, the new data is 
> stored in UTC format. Unless you happen to live in the GMT timezone 
> and in a country that doesn't have DST, all your old events will be 
> off by your (users') timezone's offset.
>
> You can change the conversion script to look up each event's history 
> and only update it if the modification/creation date is before the 
> time you did the migration.
>
> Jan.
>
So if I am understanding correctly all the new events should be ok?  I 
am not skilled enough to change the conversion script but if going 
forward is ok that is acceptable.  Perhaps ticking the UTC checkbox 
should trigger a warning or the description for the checkbox should 
include a warning regarding ramifications.  It seems more dangerous than 
the other kronolith configuration items.  Thanks again Jan for your help 
and advice.

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gimili