• From: Labrador, Canada
  • Registered: 2004-04-09
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Topic: Timezone not included

Not sure if this is a feature request or a bug report smile

My timezone is not included -- it's GMT -3.5 hours (-2.5 hours during daylight savings time).

It was easy enough to modify the forms in profile.php and admin_options.php to add options for GMT -2.5 and GMT -3.5, but the database field where the timezone is stored also had to be changed. It's currently an integer; I changed it to floating point (3,1).

Also in register.php, line 159 had to go:

$timezone = intval($_POST['timezone']);

  • From: 127.0.0.1
  • Registered: 2001-11-02
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Re: Timezone not included

There are non-integer timezones? I had no idea. Where do you live?

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  • From: Labrador, Canada
  • Registered: 2004-04-09
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Re: Timezone not included

http://www.labradorstraits.net/wiki/RegionalMap

4 Reply by zc923

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Re: Timezone not included

Yeah, its weird. Why cant people just use standard time?

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  • From: Labrador, Canada
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Re: Timezone not included

It's designed specifically to give local Internet IT developers a 1/2 hour jump on the rest of North America. wink

6 Reply by zc923

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Really? I thought it was due to the fact that the earth is not perfectly sephircal, more like an egg shape. Oh well, guess I was wrong....

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  • From: 127.0.0.1
  • Registered: 2001-11-02
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Re: Timezone not included

Why, god why? A "non-integer" timezone must be the stupidest thing since daylight savings time.

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  • From: Spain/Germany
  • Registered: 2004-02-27
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Re: Timezone not included

Muahahaha, truly evil!

  • From: Labrador, Canada
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Re: Timezone not included

GMT+3:30 Tehran, Iran
GMT+4:30 Afghanistan
GMT+5:30 India
GMT+6:30 Cocos Islands
GMT+9:30 Darwin, Adelaide
GMT+10:30 Lord Howe Island
GMT+11:30 Norfolk Island
GMT-3:30 Newfoundland

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/timezone.htm

10 Reply by stewy

  • From: St. John's, Newfoundland
  • Registered: 2004-05-05
  • Posts: 42

Re: Timezone not included

I was just going to request that someone add the newfoundland time zone, but i did a quick search first.

So I guess there's no plan on trying to add these time zones?

Oh, and for those of you who don't know, Newfoundland is an island in eastern canada. It's paradise here, not due to the weather, it's because of the people.

Uhm yeah.

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  • Smartys
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Re: Timezone not included

A bunch of "odd" timezones were added in 1.2.

12 Reply by Paul

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Re: Timezone not included

All the above were added to 1.2. PunBB is set to be a dominant force on Lord Howe Island.

13 Reply by stewy

  • From: St. John's, Newfoundland
  • Registered: 2004-05-05
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Re: Timezone not included

Sweet, thanks for your quick reply's guys.

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14 Reply by Paul

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Re: Timezone not included

Oh. I forgot to mention. The residents of
Rawaki Islands: Enderbury Kiribati (+13)
Line Islands: Kiritibati (+14)

They should be equally delighted. Somebody will tell me now that that they are uninhabited.

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Re: Timezone not included

lol tongue

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Re: Timezone not included

i'm sure they really appreciate it (if they have ever seen a computer before or have the internet) wink

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17 Reply by Paul

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Re: Timezone not included

Connorhd wrote:

i'm sure they really appreciate it (if they have ever seen a computer before or have the internet) wink

Well the have an online newspaper it seems
http://www.users.bigpond.com/kiribati_newstar/

  • From: Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Registered: 2002-07-03
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Re: Timezone not included

I assume they have a great time there, even without internet in every home :)

http://www.users.bigpond.com/kiribati_newstar/images/newstar5.jpg

  • Connorhd
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Re: Timezone not included

lol I bet, no need to code at all or make stupid websites or be attacked by advertising yikes

ok, i'm off cya when Kiritibati gets the internet

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