Daylight savings...

[galdikas]

ok I know how to set default timezone...

But how to set the daylight saving???? So it automatically switches the times... And from given timestamp shows the correct time (even for lets say 7 months old timestamp)

Found some functions on web.. But none seem to work properly.. Any advice on this? Or is it even important to have a correct DST??

Never thought how complicated timekeeping is till got into this programming thing :) Remember once on discovery saw this guy that was a timekeeper for a living... Gee I thought wtf is timekeeper for.... Just buy a clock lol Well I take my words back now :D

[bluegman991]

if your own xampp it should automatically do it

if your using an online host provider not sure if its possible unless you make a function to add/subtract seconds if it is the time of year of daylight settings

[Kieran-R]

To change default time zone, you can either change the time zone in your WHM (thats if you own your own server), or you can use the following php function:

date_default_timezone_set ();

If you want, London time for example,

date_default_timezone_set ('Europe/London' );

 

About the daylight saving, you would have to do something like this:

$hour = date("h", time());

if ($v3 < 12) { echo "Its morning"; )

^^ That would tell you whether its morning/night ect. I havent tested it, so it may not work however thats the kind of script you would have to use.

[galdikas]

Well yeah xampp would show my windows time, wouldnt it?... Microsoft obviously figured out how o deal with DST :D

[galdikas]

Kieran, thank you so much!

I feel a bit silly now :) I had it like that date_default_timezone_set ('GMT' ); Now that I have changed it to: date_default_timezone_set ('Europe/London' ); It displays correct time :)

[Kieran-R]

Kieran, thank you so much!

I feel a bit silly now :) I had it like that date_default_timezone_set ('GMT' ); Now that I have changed it to: date_default_timezone_set ('Europe/London' ); It displays correct time :)

No problem. Glad I could help.

[bluegman991]

i thought you were having a problem automatically getting daylight savings time

or was it just because you an incorrect parameter?