The strange case of Days visited not updating for the last Year period in this Forum

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Hi, "Ubuntu MATE Community" @moderators :slight_smile:

I've been noticing something that looks strange, here in the "Ubuntu MATE Community" discussion forums (that I know that are based on / powered by the open source forum software called "Discourse " - https://www.discourse.org/ ).

First, a little bit of context: the "Devotee" badge on Ubuntu MATE Community - https://ubuntu-mate.community/badges/47/devotee - has the following description: "This badge is granted for visiting 365 consecutive days. Wow, an entire year!".

Well, I have been visiting this forum daily, I believe for over a year, but the yearly statistics for my user (@ricmarques ) seem to have gotten stuck, for quite some days, at the 353 days count:

https://ubuntu-mate.community/u?order=days_visited&period=yearly

I think this is also happening to some other users (such as @jymm ) as well, for a different count of days.

Could you check this, please?

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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I can't say I have never missed a day in a year, I really don't keep track. I was even unaware of that particular badge.

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Hi everyone :slight_smile:

Today (3rd July 2024), 115 days after my first message in this same discussion topic (that I've posted on 10th March 2024), I finally got my "Devotee" badge here on Ubuntu MATE Community - https://ubuntu-mate.community/badges/47/devotee - which is the badge that has the following description: "This badge is granted for visiting 365 consecutive days. Wow, an entire year! " :slight_smile:

I still think that this (Discourse-based) Forum, for some strange reason, is not counting every day people are visiting this forum and that seems to me to probably be the reason only 13 people so far (including, now, myself) have gotten that (elusive) badge. It's obviously NOT a serious problem at all, but it would be nice to find out what may be happening (and, if I'm proven right, to correct the issue if possible).

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We can see if the latest Discourse version helps, but I guess the source code would have the answer to how it counts visits.

I am wondering if it has something to do the server's time zone, or how it interprets a "daily" visit. Like, does it expect X amount of hours between visits? Or does 11:50pm UTC and 12:15am UTC count as two?

Aside from the bug, kudos for visiting here daily! :wave:

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I consider you not only a devotee Ricardo but a superstar of this forum, along with Pavlo. Your knowledge is amazing. This forum wouldn't be the same without you or your tireless efforts to help others.

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Hi, @jymm :slight_smile:

You wrote:

Thank you very much for your very kind words of appreciation regarding my contributions and the contributions of @pavlos_kairis here in the "Ubuntu MATE Community" discussion forums! :slight_smile:

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