Date and Time Help

Sharif

Well I have a few questions:

In a custom function, is it possible to get the exact time if it was executed? Like in an if statement, if the conditions are true, i want to execute a custom function. In the custom function, there is a variable called $time. Is it possible for $time to get the exact date and time it was executed and format to: Month/Day/Year at Hour:Minute:Second AM/PM Timezone?

Thanks

LordShryku

don't see why not....just use [man]date[/man]

Sharif

Why can't I ever think of the simple solutions???? Anyways, how would I go on about getting the time to format for a timezone?

Like if the server is on a CST timezone, how can I make it so that the date() gets the EST timezone? Get me, or should I refine my Eng-lash!

LordShryku

Take a look at [man]putenv[/man]

Sharif

Ok so after reading some comments, to set the time zone to be eastern, I would have to do putenv('TZ=<something>'). What should something be replaced with if I want the Eastern Time Zone (Like New York)

LordShryku

putenv("TZ=US/Eastern");

I think....
Try it first

Also look at the available zones on the server

[root@geeklab resolution]# ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/
Africa      Atlantic   Chile    Eire     Factory  GMT-0      Iceland      Jamaica    Mexico   NZ        posix       ROC        UCT        W-SU
America     Australia  CST6CDT  EST      GB       GMT+0      Indian       Japan      Mideast  NZ-CHAT   posixrules  ROK        Universal  zone.tab
Antarctica  Brazil     Cuba     EST5EDT  GB-Eire  Greenwich  Iran         Kwajalein  MST      Pacific   PRC         Singapore  US         Zulu
Arctic      Canada     EET      Etc      GMT      Hongkong   iso3166.tab  Libya      MST7MDT  Poland    PST8PDT     SystemV    UTC
Asia        CET        Egypt    Europe   GMT0     HST        Israel       MET        Navajo   Portugal  right       Turkey     WET

Sharif

Woohoo! It worked. Thanks. BTW, where can I find a list of things putenv() can affect, TZ for example.

LordShryku

See above 😃

Sharif

Hey so maybe it should be putenv('TZ=EST')? What is the difference between EST and EST5EDT? And again, where can I get a list of things variables putenv() uses? I couldn't find it on the manual (yes I DO read it).

LordShryku

If eastern works, stick with it. Don't rock the boat 😃
Take a look here for enviroment variables

Sharif

I knew about THOSE variables, doesn't mention TZ anywhere 😉 and what is the difference between EST and EST5EDT? HAH... there IS something you don't know!

LordShryku

http://www.netsys.com/sunmgr/1999-05/msg00130.html
I never claimed to know everything, but for all that I don't know, there's google.

Sharif

BAH I was just jokin man! Besides, you do know everything.. hasn't been one problem you haven't helped me with 🆒