Local time and date in post, pm, usernotes and profile v1.5

Local time and date in post, pm, usernotes and profile
Version 1.5
(By Boofo)

This hack will add the local time and date of users in the posts, pms, usernotes and profile. That way you will know what the time and date is where they are located. I use this on my site so I will have an idea if it is the middle of the night, where they are at, or daytime. With your users living in all corners of the globe, this hack is a nice gauge of the different time zones without having to figure out each one in your head.

Thanks goes out to Link14716 for pointing me in the right direction for the pm time and helping to verify the code. And everyone who chipped in at vbulletin.com to help me figure out vB3's new ways of doing things. A special thanks goes out to Chen Avinadav for making the first local time hack for vB2 and allowing me to release it for vB3.

Version Information:
Version 1.0 --Initial release
Version 1.1 --Fixed bug where the User CP DST setting was not being accounted for. Thanks goes out to squall14716 for the fix.
Version 1.2 --Fixed bug where a few people's time was off by an hour or two in the showthread, but right on target everywhere else. Moved the code from the showthread.php into the functions_showthread.php, where it should have been in the first place. Thanks Natch, for all of your hard work in helping me track this down.
Version 1.3 --Fixed bug where local time and date was not showing up in a member's profile when the "Additional Information" box was empty due to them not entering any personal information in their profile. It would only show an N/A.
Version 1.4 --Added ability to have the local time and date to also show up in the showpost.
Version 1.5 --Fixed last known bug where the User CP DST setting was not being automatically accounted for when the DST changed. The Version 1.1 fix seemed to be only temporary and not a total solution. This should take care of it.


Files to edit: 4
functions_showthread.php
private.php
usernote.php
member.php

Templates to edit: 3
postbit
postbit_legacy
memberinfo


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[Natch]

It's fixed it up, but it's out of sync again (1 hour behind) ...

[Boofo]

Are you sure? It shows the same time for all 3 on my site. That shouldn't have changed anything for the DST. Try moving the code below this line then:

PHP Code:

 $parsed_postcache = array('text' => '', 'images' => 1); 


[Natch]

Should I have two copies of this code ? or just one ?

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Natch

Should I have two copies of this code ? or just one ?

There should be 2 copies in the showthread.php. The original one way up top of the file (from the first fix for the DST) and the new one I just had you add.

[Natch]

OK - moved that code down ...

EDIT: still one hour too early.

[Boofo]

How does it show in linear mode? It was working fine there before, right? Is it still working ok there?

[Zelda-King]

The fix has made it 3 hours (as opposed to the original 2) behind for me and EST has gone back 2 hours.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Zelda-King

The fix has made it 3 hours (as opposed to the original 2) behind for me and EST has gone back 2 hours.

I'm all out of ideas on this one. It seems to work almost everywhere else without problems. I would say there must be some other issue causing this. But, for the life of me, I can't figure out what it is. I will continue to look at the code and see what might be casuing your time problem and see if there is anything I can do. The only thing that comes to mind right now is that your server time in the Admin CP must be off for some reason. This hack relies on that setting being right.

[Natch]

OT: Do I have to monitor/change the server time for DST as well ?

[Link14716]

Originally Posted by Natch

OT: Do I have to monitor/change the server time for DST as well ?

No, I don't believe so.