RE: [PHP] output Today's date

> >> On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 07:01:55PM -0700, Paul Goepfert wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients >> > timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 >> > EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would >> > like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know >> > everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people >> > accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the >> correct date for >> > the client computer to be outputted. >> >> There are some tools that you can detect where the person is >> located and and you would be able to use the timezone from >> that information. One site I found from a quick google search: >> >> http://www.ip2location.com/ >> >> >> The cheapest and simpliest method would be to use some >> javascript to detect the timezone. Or let the user specify >> which one he wants to use. > > Hi, > > Javascripts' Date object has a getTimezoneOffset() method, which returns > the difference between local time and universal time in > minutes. > > Jared > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Hi there! Yes, Javascript may have a such function, BUT think of the reliability... It's not sure, that user has the Javascript-functionality turned on, what happens then? Best regards Gustav Wiberg