setting time zone

[travbacon]

linux based server using plesk. under plesk i have configured it to my time zone. but in server info under admin in zc, the time does not match.

i followed this

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/new_u...pics/timezone/

so got it corrected

i guess my question is why? shouldn't zc be coded to pull the servers time zone or? hey just asking, i don't know these things. it just seems a little extra work, although not much, to have to do this. why not have something in the admin side to just drop down and choose?

thank you.

[dbltoe]

i guess my question is why? shouldn't zc be coded to pull the servers time zone or? hey just asking, i don't know these things. it just seems a little extra work, although not much, to have to do this. why not have something in the admin side to just drop down and choose?

A server could be located in Chicago with websites from Hawaii to Great Britain and Canada to Brazil. Setting your website to YOUR time just makes it less confusing.

[swguy]

why not have something in the admin side to just drop down and choose?

It's something you only do once so I'm not sure it warrants an admin control. But you could always submit a PR if you feel strongly.

[travbacon]

this makes complete sense for servers that is being used for shared hosting

[travbacon]

no i get it but for the layman wanting to use zc out of the box, makes a little sense

[lat9]

It's something you only do once so I'm not sure it warrants an admin control. But you could always submit a PR if you feel strongly.

no i get it but for the layman wanting to use zc out of the box, makes a little sense

When I saw @travbacon's initial posting, my thought ran to the zc_install process where one-time configuration settings (like database credentials) are gathered.

[carlwhat]

i preface all date posts, by stating i hate dates.

It's something you only do once so I'm not sure it warrants an admin control. But you could always submit a PR if you feel strongly.

oh sloth and indolent one.... code already does it... adding yet another admin control with a pulldown? oh, please no....

linux based server using plesk. under plesk i have configured it to my time zone. but in server info under admin in zc, the time does not match.

i followed this

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/new_u...pics/timezone/

so got it corrected

i guess my question is why? shouldn't zc be coded to pull the servers time zone or? hey just asking, i don't know these things. it just seems a little extra work, although not much, to have to do this. why not have something in the admin side to just drop down and choose?

thank you.

the code for this is here:
https://github.com/zencart/zencart/b..._time_zone.php

pretty clear that if you do not set the timezone as indicated in the docs, ZC will pull the time zone from the function date_default_timezone_get(). and that function has an order of precedence with regards to what timezone it uses as seen here:

https://www.php.net/manual/en/functi...mezone-get.php

as you are on a dedicated server running centos, the question for me remains what is plesk updating? the system timezone? most probably... but what timezone is set in your php.ini file? that can be seen by going to admin -> tools -> server version info and the searching that page for the default timezone. you can see the default timezone for your server as well as the default timezone for php (listed as date.timezone just below that).

and finally, after you updated your timezone (using plesk), does apache require a restart in order to use that new config value?

in looking at the code, it's apparent to me, that ZC is doing things correctly. and the issue being brought up here is one of system administration.

i'll end the same way i started. i hate dates.

best.

[travbacon]

When I saw @travbacon's initial posting, my thought ran to the zc_install process where one-time configuration settings (like database credentials) are gathered.

my site is something that i converted over from oscommerce back in 1.3.9

[travbacon]

i preface all date posts, by stating i hate dates.
i'll end the same way i started. i hate dates.

best.

what if she calls up for a date?

[travbacon]

does apache require a restart in order to use that new config value?

best.

typically plesk will tell if you if it needs a restart. it's just a gui so end users like me don't have to deal with linus commands under ssh