How do you get the date/time in PHP for different time zone?

[gopunk]

i can't find any function for this, do i have to write my own? grr...

 

[joohang]

<< i can't find any function for this, do i have to write my own? grr... >>


It's a matter of addition/subtraction.

And you can easily fetch off the code for the HTML dropdown box from anywhere. Just assign the values as the GMT difference.

Edit: BTW, as you know, I'm a "M$ baboon" so I don't know if there is a built-in solution in PHP. Did you try Deja.com?

 

[Czar]

just a simple substracting and adding

if you take notice on your profile it is always about the GMT, with +5 or -3 or something. If you take like this server which is something like -5 (no idea realy) and then you calculate from that. So if I look at it it just takes the local time and adds 5 hours to it and then you have my time.

no function or anything should be needed.


and easy to create one anyways.

 

[gopunk]

well yea, i just don't want to have to go through the trouble of making sure that the hours and dates end up right.

okay, just checked deja... i guess there is an environmental variable "TZ" that i can set. cool

 

[gopunk]

<< just a simple substracting and adding

if you take notice on your profile it is always about the GMT, with +5 or -3 or something. If you take like this server which is something like -5 (no idea realy) and then you calculate from that. So if I look at it it just takes the local time and adds 5 hours to it and then you have my time.

no function or anything should be needed.
and easy to create one anyways. >>



it would be relatively simple, but i don't feel like doing it i would have to right in conditionals for the date to make sure the hours stay within 0-12 or 0-24, then make sure that the day and month and even year get changed accordingly. for example, if it were december 31, 2002, 11PM, and i added 2 hours to it, i would have to make sure that all the stuff gets bumped up as well.

 

[777php]

<?php
putenv("TZ=America/Los_Angeles");
?>

This will set your current env to whatever you like.

If it is for a one time use,include it within a function and call the function whenever you need to retreive the time and date

 

[joohang]

God bless Deja.

Good developers know how to ask for help and where to get help.

BTW, don't you need to do calculations any ways? Even with that TZ variable.

 

[joohang]

<< <?php
putenv("TZ=America/Los_Angeles");
?>

This will set your current env to whatever you like.

If it is for a one time use,include it within a function and call the function whenever you need to retreive the time and date >>


Nice.

<-- learns something new everyday

 

[gopunk]

thanks guys, works like a charm.