RE: [PHP] client time zone?
Sure, have a look on google for php: time zone class and you should be good to go! What code have you written so far to try using the data from the server? Wolf -Original Message- From: jekillen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 10:51 PM To: PHP General list php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] client time zone? Hello; I am running a server that is using UTC and I want to be able to convert to clients local time in some display presentations. Is this indicated by $_SERVER[REQUEST_TIME]? If not, is there a way to get the requesting host's time zone so I can offset the servers clock value correctly? Thank you for info: Jeff K -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] client time zone?
jekillen wrote: Hello; I am running a server that is using UTC and I want to be able to convert to clients local time in some display presentations. Is this indicated by $_SERVER[REQUEST_TIME]? Is there such a value at all? If not, is there a way to get the requesting host's time zone so I can offset the servers clock value correctly? I think you'll need to use javascript. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] client time zone?
To get the clients time offset you'll need to use javascript and date.getTimezoneOffset() But this idea has a problem. It is that you can never trust that the clients time is actually correct. You can get the closest to it by using the server time and offsetting that with the javascript offset value. But you'll never know if the client has the wrong timezone and you'll have to deal with timezones that don't have daylight savings like for instance Iceland :) - Ólafur Waage 2008/1/6, Per Jessen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: jekillen wrote: Hello; I am running a server that is using UTC and I want to be able to convert to clients local time in some display presentations. Is this indicated by $_SERVER[REQUEST_TIME]? Is there such a value at all? If not, is there a way to get the requesting host's time zone so I can offset the servers clock value correctly? I think you'll need to use javascript. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] client time zone?
On Jan 6, 2008, at 8:04 AM, Ólafur Waage wrote: To get the clients time offset you'll need to use javascript and date.getTimezoneOffset() But this idea has a problem. It is that you can never trust that the clients time is actually correct. You can get the closest to it by using the server time and offsetting that with the javascript offset value. But you'll never know if the client has the wrong timezone and you'll have to deal with timezones that don't have daylight savings like for instance Iceland :) - Ólafur Waage 2008/1/6, Per Jessen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the info. I can live with this, I think. The javascript can give me a good enough value for what is important. I am tracking registered user use and can compare relative values to see if there is a radical change, indicating that someone may have managed to spoof a restricted connection. That, in addition to the source of the requests can give me an indication of problems. As far as the display is concerned, I can have a help item that informs the user that if the time displayed is not right for their location, they may have their time zone set wrong, or in the case you suggested, they may be in a time zone that does not use daylight savings time, or some other difference. Jeff K jekillen wrote: Hello; I am running a server that is using UTC and I want to be able to convert to clients local time in some display presentations. Is this indicated by $_SERVER[REQUEST_TIME]? Is there such a value at all? If not, is there a way to get the requesting host's time zone so I can offset the servers clock value correctly? I think you'll need to use javascript. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] client time zone?
Hello; I am running a server that is using UTC and I want to be able to convert to clients local time in some display presentations. Is this indicated by $_SERVER[REQUEST_TIME]? If not, is there a way to get the requesting host's time zone so I can offset the servers clock value correctly? Thank you for info: Jeff K -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
