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]

If I take out the new code, and put in the old code it generates exactly the same time regardless ...

[Boofo]

Did you take it out of the showthread.php and put it in the functions_showthread.php?

[Natch]

I just did that - and it's right on the money

Linear, Hybrid and Threaded modes all ok

Great work Boofo!

[Natch]

[Boofo]

Now please, double check everything again, pm, profile, everything and let me know if everything is kosher now. I'll explain my mistake after I hear back from you.

Oh, and make sure there is no code for this hack anywhere in the showthread.php now.

[Natch]

All good Boofo again!

Check: showthread.php has no mods at all, it's the changes in includes/functions_showthread.php that do the trick

[Boofo]

Great! And thank you for bearing with me on this. I couldn't have done it without you. I will update the first post with the changes now. This should fix it for anyone else that has had any problems.


BTW: I gave you credit for all of your hard work in helping me track this down. Thank you very much, sir. Now I can get to work on my other hacks for my site.

[Natch]

[high]* Natch blushes ...
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Looking forward to your work again ... and I appreciate your patience on the support

[Boofo]

Anytime, my firend. You are one heck of a beta tester.

Stop by the site and register and I'll show you some of what I am working on now. The site's pretty dead, but I can get more coding done that way.

[Zelda-King]

Originally Posted by Boofo

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.

That's possible I suppose. I have the User Forum Activeness hack installed. That's the only hack I'm using in member.php though.

Boofo, if you like, I could set you up with a temporary admin account on my board so you can have a looksee...