note 57088 added to function.gmdate
| From: | paul at sysnyx dot com | Date: | Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:16:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 57088 added to function.gmdate | ||
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Gives user the ability to use their timezone preferences.
I had to create this script for a very large community. I first made any posts to the database that
would display the date using just time();
Example: mysql_query("INSERT INTO
table (datetime) VALUES
('".time()."')");
Also, for their timezone preference, I had the values as (example):
(Eastern Timezone) -5 hours
(Newfoundland) -3 hours -30 minutes
This information would be saved in the users table.
To display the date and time in their respective timezone preference:
function datetime($datetime,$zone){
if(date('I')):$datetime+=60*60;endif;
return gmdate('m-d-Y - h:i:sa',strtotime($zone,$datetime));
}
$datetime would be the information pulled from the database from a post for news, forums, etcetera
(remember, the inserted table data for the time was using time();)
$zone would be the information pulled from the database from the users timezone preference.
I also used cookies to store their timezone:
$sth=mysql_query("SELECT datetime FROM table LIMIT 1");
$row=mysql_fetch_assoc($sth);
echo datetime($row['datetime'],$_COOKIE['timezone']);
Remember to set the 'm-d-Y - h:i:sa' to how you wish the time to display. Visit the manual
about date().
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Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gmdate.php
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