A question for foreign users

**mayorwinters** · April 20th, 2004, 7:49 PM

Hello, here I am again with another question for not USA users of surpass (because I suppose they have the same "problem" than me):

How do you manage with the hour in your web applications? I mean, the hour of the server is GMT -6 (isn't it?) and the hour of Spain is GMT +1, so what do you do with hour in your applications, data bases...? Do you control it directly or is there an option to change the GMT hour for your accounts?

Well, that's all for the moment.

P.S.: I'm sure I'm going to order with you (I love your hosting and community) but now I'm hosting in other company and have a few days of hosting period still.
In a few days I will be a SURPASSERRRRRRRRRRRRRR

:bananadan :surpass: :bananadan

**SmartGuy** · April 20th, 2004, 10:45 PM

I'm not a foreign user, I'm actually in the same time zone as the datacenter, but here is a possible answer to your problem.

Create a timestamp, using PHP's mktime(). Make sure that for the hour parameter, you add 6 hours to make up for the difference in time zones. (The datacenter is -5 GMT.)

Note: The times show as the output are from when I ran the script.

PHP Code:


			
<?php



$timestamp_florida = mktime(date("H"), date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("y"));

$timestamp_spain = mktime((date("H")+6), date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("y"));



echo date("F j, Y, g:i a", $timestamp_florida); // April 20, 2004, 9:44 pm

echo "<br><br>";

echo date("F j, Y, g:i a", $timestamp_spain); // April 21, 2004, 3:44 am



?>

**patrickb** · April 20th, 2004, 10:55 PM

SmartGuy gave you a technical version, I am going to give you a real world version.

Any script that tracks times should track it by the servers time. It should then adjust the outputted display to compensate for the time difference. Most major scripts already do this.

The only other possibility would be to have the script make adjustments to the time when it was posted, but since this internet thing is worldwide, it is best to let the end user chose the timezone they want to see (via the scripts settings).

**mayorwinters** · April 20th, 2004, 11:42 PM

thank you guys!!!!!!!

**sam** · April 21st, 2004, 12:17 AM

welcome aboard mayorwinters.

**mayorwinters** · May 5th, 2004, 11:03 PM

Here I am again. I don't have an account because maybe I will register a reseller plan. My question is: could I change the hour in whm to all my users to spanish time zone?
I know with the help that gave me SmartGuy (timestamp) everything will go ok but my future users shouldn't know what is php and this solutions won't be ok for them.

That's all. I hear you :suri:

**Travis** · May 6th, 2004, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayorwinters

Here I am again. I don't have an account because maybe I will register a reseller plan. My question is: could I change the hour in whm to all my users to spanish time zone?
I know with the help that gave me SmartGuy (timestamp) everything will go ok but my future users shouldn't know what is php and this solutions won't be ok for them.

That's all. I hear you :suri:

you cant unless you get a dedicated

**mayorwinters** · May 6th, 2004, 11:33 AM

So all emails sent from and recieved to the accounts of this reseller plan will appear with hour - 5 GMT?

**Bigjohn** · May 6th, 2004, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mayorwinters

So all emails sent from and recieved to the accounts of this reseller plan will appear with hour - 5 GMT?

That will be the mail server timestamp, but your email program also adds YOUR time to the header.

April 20th, 2004, 7:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
mayorwinters Surpass Fan Comfy Contributor Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Spain Hosted on pass6 133 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	A question for foreign users Hello, here I am again with another question for not USA users of surpass (because I suppose they have the same "problem" than me): How do you manage with the hour in your web applications? I mean, the hour of the server is GMT -6 (isn't it?) and the hour of Spain is GMT +1, so what do you do with hour in your applications, data bases...? Do you control it directly or is there an option to change the GMT hour for your accounts? Well, that's all for the moment. P.S.: I'm sure I'm going to order with you (I love your hosting and community) but now I'm hosting in other company and have a few days of hosting period still. In a few days I will be a SURPASSERRRRRRRRRRRRRR :bananadan :surpass: :bananadan __________________ domain: www.seicom.es server: pass6 Regards from Spain (MAYOR WINTERS -- MAJOR WINTERS -- BAND OF BROTHERS) Last edited by mayorwinters; May 6th, 2004 at 10:24 PM..

April 20th, 2004, 10:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
SmartGuy Surpass Fan Excelling Contributor Joined in Jan 2004 Lives in Clinton, Massachusetts Hosted on Serenity x.x.40.51 994 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I'm not a foreign user, I'm actually in the same time zone as the datacenter, but here is a possible answer to your problem. Create a timestamp, using PHP's mktime(). Make sure that for the hour parameter, you add 6 hours to make up for the difference in time zones. (The datacenter is -5 GMT.) Note: The times show as the output are from when I ran the script. PHP Code: `<?php $timestamp_florida = mktime(date("H"), date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("y")); $timestamp_spain = mktime((date("H")+6), date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("y")); echo date("F j, Y, g:i a", $timestamp_florida); // April 20, 2004, 9:44 pm echo "<br><br>"; echo date("F j, Y, g:i a", $timestamp_spain); // April 21, 2004, 3:44 am ?>`

April 20th, 2004, 10:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
patrickb the one who was Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in Memphis 1,967 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	SmartGuy gave you a technical version, I am going to give you a real world version. Any script that tracks times should track it by the servers time. It should then adjust the outputted display to compensate for the time difference. Most major scripts already do this. The only other possibility would be to have the script make adjustments to the time when it was posted, but since this internet thing is worldwide, it is best to let the end user chose the timezone they want to see (via the scripts settings). __________________ Patrick Warnings: The program(s) might crash unexpectedly or behave otherwise strangely. (But of course, so do many commercial programs on Windows.) --www.gimp.org

April 20th, 2004, 11:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
mayorwinters Surpass Fan Comfy Contributor Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Spain Hosted on pass6 133 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	thank you guys!!!!!!! __________________ domain: www.seicom.es server: pass6 Regards from Spain (MAYOR WINTERS -- MAJOR WINTERS -- BAND OF BROTHERS)

May 5th, 2004, 11:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
mayorwinters Surpass Fan Comfy Contributor Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Spain Hosted on pass6 133 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Here I am again. I don't have an account because maybe I will register a reseller plan. My question is: could I change the hour in whm to all my users to spanish time zone? I know with the help that gave me SmartGuy (timestamp) everything will go ok but my future users shouldn't know what is php and this solutions won't be ok for them. That's all. I hear you :suri: __________________ domain: www.seicom.es server: pass6 Regards from Spain (MAYOR WINTERS -- MAJOR WINTERS -- BAND OF BROTHERS)

April 21st, 2004, 12:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
sam Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Dec 2003 Lives in NJ 5,057 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 4 times	welcome aboard mayorwinters.

May 6th, 2004, 11:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
mayorwinters Surpass Fan Comfy Contributor Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Spain Hosted on pass6 133 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	So all emails sent from and recieved to the accounts of this reseller plan will appear with hour - 5 GMT? __________________ domain: www.seicom.es server: pass6 Regards from Spain (MAYOR WINTERS -- MAJOR WINTERS -- BAND OF BROTHERS)

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