RE: [PHP] output Today's date
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 07:01:55PM -0700, Paul Goepfert wrote: Hi all, ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the correct date for the client computer to be outputted. There are some tools that you can detect where the person is located and and you would be able to use the timezone from that information. One site I found from a quick google search: http://www.ip2location.com/ The cheapest and simpliest method would be to use some javascript to detect the timezone. Or let the user specify which one he wants to use. Hi, Javascripts' Date object has a getTimezoneOffset() method, which returns the difference between local time and universal time in minutes. Jared -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] output Today's date
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 07:01:55PM -0700, Paul Goepfert wrote: Hi all, ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the correct date for the client computer to be outputted. There are some tools that you can detect where the person is located and and you would be able to use the timezone from that information. One site I found from a quick google search: http://www.ip2location.com/ The cheapest and simpliest method would be to use some javascript to detect the timezone. Or let the user specify which one he wants to use. Hi, Javascripts' Date object has a getTimezoneOffset() method, which returns the difference between local time and universal time in minutes. Jared -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Hi there! Yes, Javascript may have a such function, BUT think of the reliability... It's not sure, that user has the Javascript-functionality turned on, what happens then? Best regards Gustav Wiberg -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] output Today's date
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 07:01:55PM -0700, Paul Goepfert wrote: Hi all, ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the correct date for the client computer to be outputted. There are some tools that you can detect where the person is located and and you would be able to use the timezone from that information. One site I found from a quick google search: http://www.ip2location.com/ The cheapest and simpliest method would be to use some javascript to detect the timezone. Or let the user specify which one he wants to use. Hi, Javascripts' Date object has a getTimezoneOffset() method, which returns the difference between local time and universal time in minutes. Jared -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Hi there! Yes, Javascript may have a such function, BUT think of the reliability... It's not sure, that user has the Javascript-functionality turned on, what happens then? Best regards Gustav Wiberg The IP to location is the best way. I am not quite sure but is in the HTTP GET header or the headers following then not the timezone included? I am talking about the Headers the Browser sends. Greets Barry -- Smileys rule (cX.x)C --o(^_^o) Dance for me! ^(^_^)o (o^_^)o o(^_^)^ o(^_^o) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] output Today's date
Hi all, ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the correct date for the client computer to be outputted. Thank you, Paul Paul: You might look into strftime() Also: http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-3289.html http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-471.html tedd -- http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] output Today's date
[snip] ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the correct date for the client computer to be outputted. [/snip] A client side problem requires a client side solution, you will need JavaScript to do this. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] output Today's date
On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 07:01:55PM -0700, Paul Goepfert wrote: Hi all, ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the correct date for the client computer to be outputted. There are some tools that you can detect where the person is located and and you would be able to use the timezone from that information. One site I found from a quick google search: http://www.ip2location.com/ The cheapest and simpliest method would be to use some javascript to detect the timezone. Or let the user specify which one he wants to use. Curt. -- cat .signature: No such file or directory -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] output Today's date
Hi all, ls there anyway I can set the date to the timezone of the clients timezone? For example, if a person opens the web page at 3/6 12:01 EST and another person opens the same page at 3/5 10:01 MST I would like the date to be the above days on the client computers. I know everyone knows this but the way I described this the two people accessed the webpage at the same time but I want the correct date for the client computer to be outputted. Thank you, Paul -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
