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September 23, 2023
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Label the online account usage charts to make it clear if they are BST or GMT

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  • September 23, 2023
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Please can the Usage Daily Charts indicate whether they are on BST or GMT? Thank you

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Tim_OVO
OVO Staff
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September 25, 2023

Hi @Sukicat and thanks for this feature idea. 

 

I can see you’ve posted a question topic about this here:

 

 

Let’s wait and see if the online account usage charts do change with the clock change. If they do, the answer to this is that they are both BST and GMT. Although either way it would be good if this was made clear!

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Jeffus
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October 24, 2023

@Tim_OVO did we ever get closure on this? 

 

Tim_OVO
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October 31, 2023

What have people seen over the last few days @Jeffus @Sukicat @Firedog? Safe to assume the information updates so that there is no change in the bar charts following the clocks changing? 

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SukicatAuthor
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October 31, 2023

On 29th October daily usage chart there were 2 lots of 1.00/1.30 am so it looks like the charts have changed with the clocks. It would be nice if OVO could label the charts so it is clear. Normally not a big issue, but for those on The Power Move Challenge it does matter.

Firedog
Super User
Super User
October 31, 2023

We’ve been through this before. 

The timings on the account site’s daily usage charts are local time, which is why there has to be an ugly shift twice a year. The fact that the site has been displaying a bizarre error just goes to show how silly this is. I’d recommend that those trying to meet a Power Move challenge stick exclusively to GMT, along with the entire energy industry. It’s a bit late now, of course, but perhaps worth remembering.

The website is populated from a database containing half-hourly usage data with associated GMT timings. The site then tries (and fails!) to convert these timings accurately to local time for the convenience of customers. Let’s hope they get it right before BST comes back on 31 March 2024.

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SukicatAuthor
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October 31, 2023

Thanks :-) If OVO could highlight on the usage chart the period for the Power Move Challenge it would make it much easier.

Tim_OVO
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November 1, 2023
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