Get User's system time

rvpals

Hi,

I'm working on a forum system. I want to be able to use the user's system time to insert new post into the database. Is there a pHP function to find out the time for user's time.

if I use now() in mysql, it's only use the server's time.

Thanks

drew010

the only way to get the time of the users clock is to use javascript. you could create a hidden field and with javascript set the field value on the page load or on the form submit. keep in mind not everyone keeps their clocks correct though.

rvpals

drew010 wrote:
the only way to get the time of the users clock is to use javascript. you could create a hidden field and with javascript set the field value on the page load or on the form submit. keep in mind not everyone keeps their clocks correct though.

I know absolutely nothing about Javascript, can you be kind enough to share with me some simple code? Thanks a lot.

Drakla

rvpals wrote:
I know absolutely nothing about Javascript, can you be kind enough to share with me some simple code? Thanks a lot.

This is a php forum - you know where google is, don't you?

drew010

<form name="whatever" action="script.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="usertime" value="" />
.....
<input type="submit" onClick="var d = new Date(); usertime.value = d.getHours()+':'+d.getMinutes()+':'+d.getSeconds()" />
</form>

this will give you their time in a 24 hour format, granted the person has javascript enabled.
access it through $_POST['usertime'] after the form is submitted. so check for an empty value to indicate they had js disabled.