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Automatic Timezone Setting Correction · **Released**: 03-28-2003

I have eliminated the only strange error I could find with this, so I am moving it to full releases.

What This Does
If your users pay as little attention to their options as mine do, this might be just what you need. It uses a JavaScript to detect when a user has their timezone setting set different than their computer's clock. If the computer time does not match, the user is given a JavaScript prompt on your main page asking whether he/she would like to adjust their timezone setting. If they select yes, a new window will pop up, make the change, and close. EXCEPTION: This will yield very unsatisfactory results for users in strange timezones whose offsets are not whole numbers (i.e. Newfoundland is GMT-3.5). I haven't figured out how to do this yet, but I will update this hack if I do figure it out. You may want to just remove those options from your registration/profile options.

Scroll down for screenshots.

Let me know how it works out, and, as always, click INSTALL if you use it, please!

Enjoy!

Download: here

N!ck · #12 03-29-2003, 04:58 PM

I've updated the ZIP. To fix the error, replace hi_timezone with the updated one in the instructions. Then, replace updatezone.php with the one in the file. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Smoothie · #13 03-29-2003, 05:01 PM

Hey Nick, is this based on the actual time zone, or the users computer time?

N!ck · #14 03-29-2003, 05:04 PM

Computer time. That's all there is to go on.

Smoothie · #15 03-29-2003, 05:26 PM

A user on my forums made a comment that even though he has his time zone correct, his computer time clock is running slow...he keeps getting prompts to update his timezone.

So how far off can it be before this script keeps popping up?

Zelda-King · #16 03-29-2003, 05:36 PM

My offset is 0 (my true offset). If I set my options offset to +12 it goes to -12. If I set it to -12 it goes to 0 like it should.

Also, nothing against the coding of the hack but my firewall blocks the javascript. Just so you know some users might be unaffected by this hack.

N!ck · #17 03-29-2003, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Today at 12:26 PM Smoothie said this in Post #14
A user on my forums made a comment that even though he has his time zone correct, his computer time clock is running slow...he keeps getting prompts to update his timezone.

So how far off can it be before this script keeps popping up?

Depending on how slow his computer clock is, it should only appear in maybe the first two or three minutes of the hour. It shouldn't be a huge nuisance, though, if you only activate it on index.php.

Smoothie · #18 03-29-2003, 05:44 PM

would be helpful if you put version numbers in the timezonehack.txt file so we know if we have got the latest.

Smoothie · #19 03-29-2003, 05:46 PM

Just tested the latest version, you seem to have fixed the GMT -12 bug.

Smoothie · #20 03-29-2003, 08:08 PM

blah....for some reason, in this latest version, the JS keeps popping up for guests, telling them they're timezone is incorrect......

N!ck · #21 03-29-2003, 08:51 PM

To fix the problem with guests getting the alert, just re-apply step one. Updated ZIP attached.

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