Update on Expiring Page and SweepsCheck

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sweepsadv

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We believe we have fixed/stopped the expiring pages from cutting over 4 hours too early. We'll have to test this tonight.

We are still working on the SweepsCheck problem. You may actually see some strange 24 hour time formats
for sweepscheck on the expiring page as we are coding and testing there.

More to come as we have a working fix.

-Ken
 
No expiring sweeps for June 12, under expiring sweeps for today it has June 13th as the expiring date
 
We were working on this page. Sorry for the problem it was fixed around 1:00 am in the morning.
 
We will be working on this page today. If you have any trouble with the expiring page please use Power Search for now. Thank you!

sweepsadv said:
If ever this problem happens again please just use Power Search. Add the expiring date to the form. example "06-13-2013" and click Search.
Do not put data in any other fields and it will show all the expiring sweepstakes for that day.

Sweepstakes Search | Contests Search | Sweepstakes Advantage
Sweepstakes Plus - Power Sweepstakes Search

We are working every day to try and code a fix for this but the code is very complex. We'll have a solution soon. Thank you.
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lol - my work-around was way more complicated than yours:

sweepsadv said:
If ever this problem happens again please just use Power Search. Add the expiring date to the form. example "06-13-2013" and click Search.
Do not put data in any other fields and it will show all the expiring sweepstakes for that day.

Sweepstakes Search | Contests Search | Sweepstakes Advantage
Sweepstakes Plus - Power Sweepstakes Search

We are working every day to try and code a fix for this but the code is very complex. We'll have a solution soon. Thank you.
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BUT, in my defense, it's how I use the site:

Open any category and use Sort by - select Expiration Date & Ascending

In your browser, use 06-12-2013 in FIND

Now open the categories you enter, and the ones ending today will show after the ongoing sweeps - that's where FIND comes in, using it will take you past those listings, showing you all those ending today!
 
When Is the date/ time fix happening? This is really hurting my entries and especially my wins. I have not won a sweep since thing stuff went wrong.
 
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kathye3 said:
I am still having the date switch 4 hours early. Please correct.
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Ken is working on this issue, as he's noted in this thread:

http://www.sweepsadvantage.com/foru...-announcements/64026-performace-problems.html

sweepsadv said:
This is taking a little longer than expected because we are trying to code so that it works in everyone's local time rather than all in Central. This code also touches almost every page on the site. We'll let you know when it is completed.
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Since I'm in the West & most sweeps are on an EST clock I'm always having to convert sweeps for PST, so knowing this {that sweepscheck is 4 hours ahead right now} is easy to track - I just go back 4 hrs for the correct time.

As a work-around for the interim, is it feasible to use the NOTES feature to track?

Depending on how you use MYSWEEPS, example; if you put all IW's in the same category or break them up by EST/PST/24hr, and if you use SORT BY or not, why not use the NOTES feature and post your entry time on the sweeps that you know will be listed first {or last} so tomorrow you'll know when you last entered?

Do this in each category, so 1 {or 2 if you do both 1st & last} notes per.
 
OK, we rolled out SweepsCheck ( local time ) to SA only. Please test and let us know if it's working. If everything works, we'll roll this out to Plus as well.

SweepsCheck should now save your date/time as your own local time. Please make sure you are accepting our cookie file because your local time
zone is kept in that file and this is how we are able to save in your own local time.

-Ken
 
Just rolled out another fox to both expiring pages on SA and Plus to NOT roll over 4 hours too early.
 
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