php timezones and mysql inserts into db

[Pico_Train]

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!

[Sp4rkyM4rk]

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);

[dreamcatcher]

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

[Pico_Train]

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.