Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Modification name: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)
Author: MartectX
Modification description: Introduces a city-based time zone system and thus allows for automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST) to be managed for each user separately. It also automatically detects DST periods and adjusts corresponding dates' ouputs accordingly.
Modification version: 2.0.2
Tested on phpBB version: See below

Download file: automatic_dst_2.zip
File size: 90331 Bytes

Modification overview page: View

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[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

Modification validated/released

Notes:

[MartectX]

IMPORTANT: Above description is outdated.

The following correctly describes this modification's behaviour:

Introduces a city-based time zone system and thus allows for automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST) to be managed for each user separately. It also automatically detects DST periods and adjusts corresponding dates' ouputs accordingly.


w00t: phpBBweekly elected this Mod of The Week in episode 67 (begin listening at 78:30). Thanks!

[IPB_Refugee]

@MartectX: Congrats for getting your MOD validated!

This MOD employs the date('I') method of detecting Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time, so it is dependent on the web server administrator to be correct

What exactly does that mean? Let´s say I have a board for Austrian and German visitors but the server is located in Michigan, US.

Have a nice weekend!
Wolfgang

[Erik Frèrejean]

Interesting mod

This MOD employs the date('I') method of detecting Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time, so it is dependent on the web server administrator to be correct

What exactly does that mean? Let´s say I have a board for Austrian and German visitors but the server is located in Michigan, US.

Than it uses the time in Michigan because the date() function uses the data from the webserver. So when DST gets enabled there, the times are updated.

[IPB_Refugee]

Thanks for the explanation, Erik!

Unfortunately I can't use the MOD in this case because the USA have a different DST than we in middle Europe. It's good that we pointed that out!

Until there is another solution to the DST problem, I can suggest this MOD: ACP Overwrite Module
But when the server is located near the users of your board, MartectX's MOD is certainly even more comfortable.

Regards
Wolfgang

[mara7]

Interesting mod

This MOD employs the date('I') method of detecting Daylight Saving Time or Summer Time, so it is dependent on the web server administrator to be correct

What exactly does that mean? Let´s say I have a board for Austrian and German visitors but the server is located in Michigan, US.

Than it uses the time in Michigan because the date() function uses the data from the webserver. So when DST gets enabled there, the times are updated.

Thank you for clarification

[MartectX]

But when the server is located near the users of your board, MartectX's MOD is certainly even more comfortable.

I'm hosted on a server in Germany and it works without a hitch (German users only, mind you). At least it's an improvement for fellow board administrators with similar configurations.

[mcdanielnc89]

Awesome! I was waiting for this release!!!!

[fred2028]

Excellent, I think it works well!
How do we run that query at the end of the install.xml?

[MartectX]

Excellent, I think it works well!
How do we run that query at the end of the install.xml?

Thank you for your feedback. Here's a thread explaining SQL commands: viewtopic.php?f=70&t=588697

[Lumpy Burgertushie]

am I missing something here?

phpbb3 already has this built in doesn't it?

I know mine does.

robert

[IPB_Refugee]

And where? My version of phpBB-3 has not buildt it in. The german version of phpBB-2 had it, that's true.

Regards
Wolfgang

[MartectX]

phpbb3 already has this built in doesn't it?

phpBB3 only supports manual selection of DST, not automatic functions that do that for the user.

[ReDaLeRt_PT]

This MOD works correctly with phpBB 3.0.2?


Thanks.


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