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]

well that wasn't helpful - the only change to that file is the one from your attachment - and the time is still out.

Turning DST from auto to on to off changed nothing in Linear mode ...

[Natch]

Turning DST to off in profile changes the other locations of the hack tho ...

[Boofo]

Natch, try adding this:

PHP Code:

      global $vboptions, $post, $timeoffset, $timezoneoffset; 


above this:

PHP Code:

     $post['tzoffset'] = $post['timezoneoffset']; 


and let me know if it does anything.

Leave the User CP DST setting to Auto.

[Natch]

No change mate ...

[Boofo]

I guess I'm confused why it was working fine for you after we added the DST code and now it doesn't. I'm stumped.

[Natch]

Me too ... plus the fact that the same exact code works for PM's but not in showthread ...

[Natch]

http://www.mobileforces.org/forums/s...ead.php?t=2129 <- at the bottom of this thread, you can see that the time (now) for me is nearly 1500 hours, but it's actually nearly 1600 hours ...

But in a PM I just sent to myself, it says:

[Local Time: 15:50]
[Local Date: 30-01-2004]

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Link14716

If everyone is having all of these problems, I'm to the point where I'm about to suggest making a damned duplicate of vbdate that uses $post['timezoneoffset'] or whatever instead of $bbuserinfo['timezoneoffset'].

Matt, this is almost exactly the same code that Chen used for vB2 (except with vB3 variables) so it should work fine for everyone. There are only 2 people who have reported any problems at all with this hack. Which is starting to lead me to believe that it isn't the hack as much as maybe another hack they have installed messing with it. Or a setting off somewhere. If you have any ideas, I'm willing to listen.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Natch

http://www.mobileforces.org/forums/s...ead.php?t=2129 <- at the bottom of this thread, you can see that the time (now) for me is nearly 1500 hours, but it's actually nearly 1600 hours ...

But in a PM I just sent to myself, it says:

[Local Time: 15:50]
[Local Date: 30-01-2004]

But it was working fine for you before we messed with the second instance of code. In my showthread, it reports everyone's time as what it actually is. I don't think it's the showthread.php.

[Boofo]

Natch, if you're up for it, I have one last thing to try. Take all of the code you added for this hack out of the showthread.php. Now, open up the functions_showthread.php and find:

PHP Code:

 // format date/time
 $post['postdate'] = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $post['dateline'], true);
 $post['posttime'] = vbdate($vboptions['timeformat'], $post['dateline']); 


and below it add:

PHP Code:

// Local Date and Time in Post
    $post['tzoffset'] = $post['timezoneoffset'];
    if ($post['dstonoff'])
     {
        // DST is on, add an hour
        $post['tzoffset']++;
    }
  $post['localtime'] = date($vboptions['timeformat'], TIMENOW+($post['tzoffset']-$vboptions['timeoffset'])*3600);
  $post['localdate'] = date($vboptions['dateformat'], TIMENOW+($post['tzoffset']-$vboptions['timeoffset'])*3600);
// Local Date and Time in Post 


and let me know if that fixes everything.