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Hi there, I tried to find a Time Offset variable eaither in language file or config so my site can show my local time to the visitors insted of the server time which is (-7) from my place. I hope somebody can tell me how to do it.. Regards, Ageel
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Yes, this is a known shortcoming - Geeklog will always use the time zone of the server it's running on.

Maybe this Timezone hack works for you.

bye, Dirk

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hi, thanx, it solved the display part, but, the server still retrieve the recored of the database according to it's local time while the article I made are stored using my local time Frown I think there must be something to add the time offset to SQL queries also. any idea? Ageel
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Quote by Dirk:

Yes, this is a known shortcoming - Geeklog will always use the time zone of the server it's running on.

Maybe this Timezone hack works for you.

bye, Dirk


Clicking on the link brings me back to the Index page. I am interested in the Server Time Offset problem too.
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Quote by xbrief: Clicking on the link brings me back to the Index page.


Looks like that link wasn't converted when we moved stories to the forums. A simple search for "timezone hack" brings up this thread (with horrible formatting), and a lot more ...

bye, Dirk
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Quote by Dirk:
Quote by xbrief: Clicking on the link brings me back to the Index page.


Looks like that link wasn't converted when we moved stories to the forums. A simple search for "timezone hack" brings up this thread (with horrible formatting), and a lot more ...

bye, Dirk

The hack is good for time zones. But when I post an article, the time of posting that is given is the time zone of the server AS determined from my Time zone (Asia/Manila). I'd like to see a hack that would cure this.
Thanks.
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I followed that thread and now all times in my geeklog are CET while the server is under EST Big Grin
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Quote by xbrief:
Quote by Dirk:
Quote by xbrief: Clicking on the link brings me back to the Index page.


Looks like that link wasn't converted when we moved stories to the forums. A simple search for "timezone hack" brings up this thread (with horrible formatting), and a lot more ...

bye, Dirk

The hack is good for time zones. But when I post an article, the time of posting that is given is the time zone of the server AS determined from my Time zone (Asia/Manila). I'd like to see a hack that would cure this.
Thanks.

All? Does that mean even your posted articles?
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All? Does that mean even your posted articles?

Yes, postings, forum, downloads (filemgmt)
For some reasons I disabled the posting time, but I can check it in the postings list and yes, it's correct.

The imortant part for the postings was
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On line 910, I changed the DB_save call a little. Instead of storing $date, I changed it to FROM_UNIXTIME($unixdate)

(admin/story.php that is)

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All? Does that mean even your posted articles?

Yes, postings, forum, downloads (filemgmt)
For some reasons I disabled the posting time, but I can check it in the postings list and yes, it's correct.

The imortant part for the postings was
Quote by Anonymous: Joe:
On line 910, I changed the DB_save call a little. Instead of storing $date, I changed it to FROM_UNIXTIME($unixdate)

(admin/story.php that is)

geKow

But that would be if your server is Unix right?

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Quote by geKow:
Quote by xbrief:
All? Does that mean even your posted articles?

Yes, postings, forum, downloads (filemgmt)
For some reasons I disabled the posting time, but I can check it in the postings list and yes, it's correct.

The imortant part for the postings was
Quote by Anonymous: Joe:
On line 910, I changed the DB_save call a little. Instead of storing $date, I changed it to FROM_UNIXTIME($unixdate)

(admin/story.php that is)

geKow

But that would be if your server is Unix right?

Ummm I tried it. It looks good. Thanks. Big Grin
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outch...
what have you done? maybe you should stop quoting for this thread Wink

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