Re: timezones

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:24:20 -0500, Joe Stump (joe@joestump.org) wrote: >Thanks to everyone who sent in the info. The problem is as follows: > >1.) the mktime()'s are stored as PST in the DB. they still could be just make your pst offset be 0 and every timezone offset be the difference in hours between them and pst*3600 >2.) we have users ALL OVER the world - is there a place to find all >of the timezones at? good luck, there's tons and some of them are wacky or don't honor daylight saving time. > >--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