Miscellaneous Hacks - World Time Zones

World Time Zones
(By Boofo)
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Description
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This product will add a separate page with a listing of different world time zones.

Details
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1 Product XML
1 PHP file
3 Images


Installation
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1. Upload worldtimes.php to your forums directory
2. Upload the 3 image files to your images/misc directory
3. Go to your AdminCP
Scroll down to 'Plugin System'
Click 'Manage Products'
Click 'Add/Import Product'
Click the 'Browse' button, and locate the product-worldtimes.xml file on your computer.

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Done!
Enjoy!

[Dan]

Nice job Bob I really like it

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Dan

Nice job Bob I really like it

Thank you, sir.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Bob i got another idea for you. Guess it should be fairly simple to make and i have been walking around with the idea a long time, but just never cam to making it. What about the posters local time in the postbit (the time he made the post, next to the time the post was made).

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Bob i got another idea for you. Guess it should be fairly simple to make and i have been walking around with the idea a long time, but just never cam to making it. What about the posters local time in the postbit (the time he made the post, next to the time the post was made).

You lost me. The time he made the post would be the same as the time the post was made. Do you mean their local time where they are at? I did that for vb3. It showed their local time at the time the user was veiwing the post. Am I close here to what you are thinking?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Getting close yes

Maybe both the local time of the poster now, and when he made the post.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Getting close yes

Maybe both the local time of the poster now, and when he made the post.

Ok, I'll see what I can do.

[IceBurn3000]

My forum is set for GMT+10 (Australian Eastern Standard Time). All is good, except for the fact that all times are 12 hours ahead of the current time.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

EDIT: Also, I don't this plugin can tell whether Daylight Savings Time (DST) is active in a particular timezone or not. Currently, it is winter in Australia, and DST isnt 'active' in southern states, however, the times for Sydney, Melbourne & Canberra are all 1 hour ahead of Brisbane (AEST) time.

Thanks,

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by IceBurn3000

My forum is set for GMT+10 (Australian Eastern Standard Time). All is good, except for the fact that all times are 12 hours ahead of the current time.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

EDIT: Also, I don't this plugin can tell whether Daylight Savings Time (DST) is active in a particular timezone or not. Currently, it is winter in Australia, and DST isnt 'active' in southern states, however, the times for Sydney, Melbourne & Canberra are all 1 hour ahead of Brisbane (AEST) time.

Thanks,

Do you have a test account set up where I can look at the World Times?

[IceBurn3000]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Do you have a test account set up where I can look at the World Times?

I will PM you details.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Boofo in PM

Ok, I see the problem. Your server is not set on GMT time, right? The line in the worldtimes.php is for servers set on GMT time. We need to adjust that line according to what time your server is actually on.

This line:

$servertime = ($timeoffset - ($timediff+2)); //Server is on GMT time

is GMT time. We need to change the 2 to match whatever your server time is set to, not the vb setting, but the actual server time. Does that make any sense?

Try -10 instead of +2 and let me know what you get.

Work like a charm! Thanks for your help Bob!

[merk]

Just a few suggestions:

Your timezone arrangements for 10 and 11 are wrong. Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra are +10, not +11. They go to +11 for DST, but that should not affect their normal +10 offset.

I believe that they should always remain in the +10, but also highlight them to indicate they are in DST.

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There should be a PHP method to determin if a certain timezone is in DST. I would use that instead of using a user's DST determination.

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There is a better (less templates) way to show the local users timezone.

PHP Code:

if ($timediff == $vbulletin->userinfo['timezoneoffset'])
{
//blah
}
else
{
//blah
} 


Can Become:

PHP Code:

 
$show['localtimezone'] = false;
if ($timediff == $vbulletin->userinfo['timezoneoffset'])
{
$show['localtimezone'] = true;
} 


And using conditionals in the single template instead.

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There are also functions available in the vbulletin options array for server time.

PHP Code:

$vbulletin->options['timeoffset'] is server offset 


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Finally, you should use UTC, not GMT, because GMT changes forward 1 hour for dst. UTC doesnt