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Pico_Train
msg:4187785 | 3:59 pm on Aug 16, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Hi there,
I have a client in one timezone, GMT or UTC + 2.
The server is in GMT/UTC -5
The db table columns are datetime.
How can I insert into the db, the datetime in the users time?
I've looked at a couple of things and either a) they don't work or b) I don't understand fully what is going on.
Any help would be great.
Thanks!
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Sp4rkyM4rk
msg:4188016 | 11:59 pm on Aug 16, 2010 (gmt 0) |
If you are using the time() function to return a Unix timestamp, you can take away or add the amount of seconds. 3600 is 1 hour. In your case, there is a 7 hour difference in front of the server time, so you want:
$timestamp = time();
$timedifference = 25200; // 3600 multiplied by amount of hours
$newtimestamp = $timestamp + $timedifference;
echo $newtimestamp . '<br />';
date ('d-m-Y,h:i:s',$newtimestamp);
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dreamcatcher
msg:4188116 | 6:10 am on Aug 17, 2010 (gmt 0) |
If you are using PHP5, use date_default_timezone_set [php.net] to set the correct timezone for your clients, based on their location. All date and time functions will automatically be correct.
If not, try strtotime [php.net].
dc
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Pico_Train
msg:4188137 | 7:35 am on Aug 17, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Thanks, I used a combination of both to sort it out. Was a bit repetitive and boring but easy enough and a good solution.
Thanks for the help.
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