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date code not working correctly
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:20 pm
by ericburnard
i am using this code
for my date and time and instead of getting the correct time i am getting one 8 hours earlier.
What can i do to make it show thie time on my computer.
(my site is
http://www.madashatters.com is you want to look at the date on the blog entry. it was actually posted at 6.12 pm)
thanks
Eric
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:20 pm
by hawleyjr
Sounds like the date on your server is different than your local time.
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:24 pm
by ericburnard
how can i change thAT to my time? can i?
eric
[EDIT] its not my server im hosted on ipowerweb
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:26 pm
by Burrito
Code: Select all
date('d/m/Y :: [G]',strtotime("+ 8 hours"));
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:30 pm
by ericburnard
ahhhh thank you very much

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:41 pm
by hawleyjr
I would create a function or even better a constant value for the date difference.
This way you only have one place to change the date offset incase you change servers...
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:48 pm
by Burrito
what you should do is create a "preferences" section so users can set their own time (zone) and have it calculate their local time automatically.
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:06 pm
by ericburnard
well at the moment im just trying to get my site up an running but when thats done i wthink ill do the preferences thing to put in with my admin section etc.
Thanks again
Eric