Group Notices Date And Time Glitch Finally Fixed

Some good news for those whom have struggled with group notice glitches  that gave each notice the same date and time down to the second. Yesterday, Linden Lab finally fixed the problem.

The issue has now been resolved. Thank you for your patience!

Posted May 26, 2020 - 13:08 PDT 

It was about fifteen days ago that the Lab recognized the problem and announced they were working on it. With each notice in groups given exactly the same time, they didn't appear in chronological order. So for a time, residents would struggle to try and find past notices, especially in larger groups such as the Relay for Life which get many each day. One partial solution was for posters to place the date on notices to make them easier to find. But locating them could still take a while.

It is unclear why it took the Lab two weeks to fix the problem. But finally it is solved.

Bixyl Shuftan

Glitch in Group Notices Still Around

It was a little more than a week ago when the Newser reported that there was a glitch in group notices that gave every one the same day and time down to the second. As of the writing of this article, the issue is still unresolved, which has making keeping track of what's going on in some larger and more active groups more difficult.

Why Linden Lab hasn't fixed this problem yet is unclear. As to how various groups are getting around the glitch, they seem to vary from more use of group instant-messages or chat programs such as Discord. Still, the glitch has complicated things when it comes to keeping tract of some events (and for the Newser, potential stories).

Hopefully the issue will be fixed soon.

Group Notices Date And Time Glitch

If there's something funny with your group notices, you're not alone. After a friend messaged me saying she couldn't find a post made the night before, taking a look I saw they were all of the same time down to the second. Other people were telling me the same. Checking an alt, the issue was on that account as well.

Taking a look at the Second Life Status Report, the Lab acknowledged something was wrong.

We are aware of an issue with Group Notice timestamps showing the wrong date on some viewers. We've identified the issue and are working on a fix. Ref: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-228562

Posted  May 12, 2020 - 17:16 PDT

Taking a look at the JIRA, the person who filed was saying the issue wasn't on all server channels. As of the writing of this article, the issue is still unresolved.

Second image credit: Willow Wilder

Bixyl Shuftan