a question about 11:59:59 on november 30th http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823 rinceoir Most of my writing happens post-midnight (don't you just love homework?), but the words I put in count as part of the words from the day before, even though technically it is the day after. Does happen also on the night of November 30/December 1? Or do I have to compensate for that and submit the 50,000 words BEFORE midnight? Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:36:49 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_856723 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_856723 Keladryie Yes, you'll have to write and submit the words before midnight, as that's when NaNo ends :) Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:25:36 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857235 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857235 rinceoir Alrighty then. Thank you for the clarification. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:28:40 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857259 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_857259 SirenPrincess You probably have your time zone set to the wrong time zone. That's why when you update your word count after midnight it's still counting as the same day. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:18:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_881448 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_881448 Aklo I once learned the hard way you need to update your wordcount before midnight... One year I kept writing in bed (I was sick) until almost midnight but I never even considered getting up and turning my computer on to upload the wordcount, figured I would do it the next day... I never bothered validation and I only had 49.5 K or so, not 50, but it still would have been nice to get my actual wordcount under my name as I did write quite a lot that last night! So yeah, make sure not to forget to upload your wordcount in time and remember that you need to be near a computer with internet on november 30th or it doesn't officially count :( Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:37:47 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_891187 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_891187 rtan When I joined, it set my timezone to Pacific as the default. I left it alone even though I live on the east coast. The hours I keep made it convenient for my midnight to actually be 3am. I finished before the 30th so it doesn't really matter. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:56:24 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895067 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895067 Dragonchilde [quote=rtan] When I joined, it set my timezone to Pacific as the default. I left it alone even though I live on the east coast. The hours I keep made it convenient for my midnight to actually be 3am. I finished before the 30th so it doesn't really matter. [/quote] I think it's less important to have your time zone be correct than to keep a consistent time zone throughout... no tweaking the time zone function to give yourself extra hours, but like you... I'm a midnight writer. My graphs are always weird. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:42:52 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895682 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/rules-regulations-and-other-minutiae/threads/43823?page=1#forum_thread_comment_895682