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Question About The Date() Function In Php

leiaah
Apr 16 2005, 01:23 AM
Hi this is the code I've been using. This works perfectly fine with mysql but I'm having trouble with getting the exact time. It probably has something to do with time zones and countries. Is there something that I need to set to get the time right? I'm from the Philippines and we have the same time as Singapore and HongKong. Help please. Tnx. huh.gif

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$date = date('H:i A, jS F Y');

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beeseven
Apr 16 2005, 02:31 AM
One thing you can do (that I did, and it worked) is to change the offset (actually I think it's the only thing you can do). Figure out what time the server is at with just a simple date showing the hour/minute. Something like:
CODE
date("H:i")
Then, find your time (just look at a clock). Where I am, the difference is 3 hours. Then convert the difference to seconds (hours*3600). To make it change the time in the date function, add this optional parameter:
CODE
date("H:i",time()+thedifference)
OR
date("H:i",time()-thedifference) //In the case that you're behind the server, I don't know what timezone you're in
You can do a test or two with the other date things to make sure it's right.

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mobious
Apr 16 2005, 11:07 AM
have you ever tried this?

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gmdate('H:i A, jS F Y', time());

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beeseven
Apr 16 2005, 05:00 PM
QUOTE(mobious @ Apr 16 2005, 06:07 AM)
have you ever tried this?

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gmdate('H:i A, jS F Y', time());

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That would just return the server's time, which isn't necessarily the desired time.

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leiaah
Apr 18 2005, 01:01 AM
QUOTE(beeseven @ Apr 16 2005, 10:31 AM)
One thing you can do (that I did, and it worked) is to change the offset (actually I think it's the only thing you can do). Figure out what time the server is at with just a simple date showing the hour/minute. Something like:
CODE
date("H:i")
Then, find your time (just look at a clock). Where I am, the difference is 3 hours. Then convert the difference to seconds (hours*3600). To make it change the time in the date function, add this optional parameter:
CODE
date("H:i",time()+thedifference)
OR
date("H:i",time()-thedifference) //In the case that you're behind the server, I don't know what timezone you're in
You can do a test or two with the other date things to make sure it's right.
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Thanks beeseven! The time is plus 15 here! Very cool!

 

 

 


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