Just a note from a lurker of this thread... JR, you're right, the timestamps are very odd here, sometimes.
Occasionally, on first edit, even if within minutes of posting, the edit time is shown in GMT, instead
of your previously selected forum offset. This may "sometimes" correct itself later, but "sometimes" remains.
(I really never saw it "right" itself until now... I do have examples of where it kept the erroneous timestamp)

It's a minor bug in asppg's forum software, apparently. (Or somewhere in RCU's customizations). It's probably a
bit tedious to track, being so intermittent. (It can be duplicated, but it's probably not high on the priorities list)

Definitely agree that you have to be careful relying on timestamps here, especially on edits.
The coolest is when you post, then edit 2 minutes later, and the edit time shows to be 5 hours in the FUTURE.
(Days afterward, it looks like you "edited" five hours later. Viewed early enough, however... the bug is obvious.


Oh well... back to your regularly scheduled flame'age

(Edited, just to check)