Why doesn't stackoverflow take into consideration different timezones? [closed]

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Published on 2010-05-06T15:32:36Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 15:38 UTC
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Let's say that you ask a question at 20:00 BST, you wait for comments, then let's say you wait until 04:00 BST in the morning, you then go to sleep and in the morning you discover that you can not longer add comments. I did not find anything in the FAQ. Can someone please explain to me how does it work?

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