Time offset (using date with mktime)

onlinegs

Hey I am writing a news script, and each post will be Date/Time stamped. Now, I am allowing the users to offset the time (from the server time to there time zone). So, todo this I am taking the offset, multipling it by 120 (to get it into seconds) then running it through the date() and mktime() functions, but when I do, it outputs the time of: November 14, 2035, 9:21:46 pm (the hours, mins, secs change of course). I have included my code, any help is greatly appreciated.

$offset="-2";
$offsetSEC=$offset * 120;
$sec=time() + $offsetSEC;
$time = date("F j, Y, g:i:s a", mktime(0,0,$sec));
print($time);

diego25

First off, 60*60 = 1200, not 120. Also, time() already returns the timestamp, so why are you calling mktime again?

Try this (I haven't tried it, though):

$offset=-2;
$offsetSEC=$offset * 1200;
$sec=time() + $offsetSEC;
$time = date("F j, Y, g:i:s a", $sec);
print($time);

Diego

onlinegs

Actually 60*60=3600. (Thanks, now I dont feel to stupid)

So after I changed 1200 to 3600 in your code it worked. I was under the impression that I had to use mktime() in the date() funtion for future/past dates.

Thanks Alot, Bryce

MarkB423

Hey guys,

Contrary to popular belief in this thread, 60 * 60 = 3600... Also, you have to be careful using the date() function if some of your users are not in the same country as your server is, because the date() function automatically figures in for daylight savings time.

diego25

Oops...yeah, I was concentrating on the number of zeroes, instead of the significant digits 😛 Glad you guys saw that...

Diego