Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Modification name: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)
Author: Danielx64
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: 2.0.5
Tested on phpBB version: 3.0.12

Download file: automatic_dst_2_0_5.zip
File size: 146.97 KiB

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Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Modification validated/released

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Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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IMPORTANT: Above description is outdated.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.


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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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@MartectX: Congrats for getting your MOD validated! :)
A_Jelly_Doughnut wrote: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.

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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Interesting mod Image
IPB_Refugee wrote:
A_Jelly_Doughnut wrote: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.
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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

Post by 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.

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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Erik Frèrejean wrote:Interesting mod Image
IPB_Refugee wrote:
A_Jelly_Doughnut wrote: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 :roll:
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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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IPB_Refugee wrote: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. :geek:
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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Awesome! I was waiting for this release!!!!
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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Excellent, I think it works well!
How do we run that query at the end of the install.xml?
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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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fred2028 wrote: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: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 0&t=588697
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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

Post by Lumpy Burgertushie »

am I missing something here?

phpbb3 already has this built in doesn't it?

I know mine does.

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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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

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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: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.
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Re: Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)

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This MOD works correctly with phpBB 3.0.2?


Thanks.


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