Re: timezones

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ has them all..then you can just assign your constants to them in a way that makes sense to you ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Stump" <joe@joestump.org> To: "Mark Maggelet" <maggelet@mminternet.com> Cc: <joe@joestump.org>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] timezones > Thanks to everyone who sent in the info. The problem is as follows: > > 1.) the mktime()'s are stored as PST in the DB. > 2.) we have users ALL OVER the world - is there a place to find all of the > timezones at? > > --Joe > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 12:11:55PM -0700, Mark Maggelet wrote: > > 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 > > > > Joe Stump <joe@joestump.net> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dyslexics of the world > > -- > 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 >