Time Zone Offset Problem

[AdamBoyle]

Hello,

Ive just installed the Time Zone Offset contribution but im in a bit of a circle trying to get it to work on the admin side. I keep getting an error with the 1.3.0.2 version saying:

"Time Zone Offset is set to +5 Hours. The difference between Server & Database time is -8 Hours."

So, duly, I change the offset to -8 hours and the message swaps round:

"Time Zone Offset is set to -8 Hours. The difference between Server & Database time is 5 Hours."

My server is located in California and I am based in the UK. Im sure its something simple im missing but I cant quite figure out what it is. Any help would be grately appreciated!

[gilby]

To get this message you must have installed the 2 optional files.

One of these files you have to select your time zone by editing a TZ setting
admin/includes/extra_configures/time_offset.php
You can check if this is working correcting by checking the time & date displayed in admin. Apparantly this does not work on all servers. If it doesn't then there is no point installing the 2nd optional header file which is giving the warning message.

If this is correct you can install the optional header file which displays the difference between the new server time as displayed in admin and the time zone offset set for the mysql database.
admin/includes/header.php

+5 sounds about right for you so I would suspect you haven't edited
admin/includes/extra_configures/time_offset.php
to point to your time zone (the default setting is my zone in australia +14 hours)

Try editing this file to get the admin heading to display your time zone first, let us know it this works.

[AdamBoyle]

Thanks for your reply, I think the problem must be with the server because no matter what i change the time zone offset value to the admin time/date remains the same.

Thanks very much for your help, just need to remove the optional header file!!

[gilby]

Thanks for your reply, I think the problem must be with the server because no matter what i change the time zone offset value to the admin time/date remains the same.

Thanks very much for your help, just need to remove the optional header file!!

The time zone offset value in admin does not affect the admin time display.

You need to edit
admin/includes/extra_configures/time_offset.php
which contains..

<?php 
//You can modify the TZ (Time Zone) by using one of the following offsets
//TZ=America/Los_Angeles
//TZ=America/Denver
//TZ=America/Chicago
//TZ=America/New_York

putenv ('TZ=Australia/Melbourne'); 
?>

you need to change

putenv ('TZ=Australia/Melbourne');

to what ever your time zone is, you may have to google to find the valid text for your time zone

[newfu]

hi, thanks for the help previously.

so if i am from Singapore, what should i put ?

i tried to google but it always dun work.
Singapore, Singapore for GMT +8 ?

[newfu]

EDITED

http://sg.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

i found it myself, for the benefit of others, it uses PHP date function, so yup,