Re: timezones

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:56:20 -0500, Joe Stump (joe@joestump.org) wrote: >I have a quick question regarding timezones ... > >On the local side a record is inserted into the DB by someone in >Michigan, while >the server rests in CA. Thus a three hour difference. The local >mktime() will >create a timestamp for say 9:00am when in reality it was entered at >12:00noon >in MI. I have 2 character timezones for all my users so it should be >easy to >convert the two. you could use gmmktime() instead and add or subtract the offset. $offsets=array(" "PST"=>1000, // not actual values "EST"=>-2000, "); $localtime=gmmktime()+$offsets[$timezone]; >putenv() won't work because of the fact that the timestamp created >will be >9:00 no matter what timezone you put it in. So what needs to be done >is some >recognition that 10800 seconds needs to be added to adjust the PST >timestamp >to an EST timestamp. Are there any functions out ther that do this? > >--Joe > >Joe Stump <joe@joestump.net> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- >One is taught by experience to put a premium on those >few people who can appreciate you for what you are. > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list- >admin@lists.php.net