PC Nerd Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Hi, Ive got my self into a pickle with times. IVe got a form where people enter the time/date of an event as GMT. it need it to store that timezone into the database..... ( its an INT field (yes Timestamp i know but anyway)) - and then it takes it out and compares it with a search term that is also in GMT. ie - all input/output and storage is in GMT. however my server is set to GMT -600 (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/mountain-time/) now: Im placing my times in from GMT +1000, but ive converted them toGMT ( so instead of puting in 2100 i put in 1100 etc). I think my server is doign somethign weird with timezones. Could someone recomend a goot read through somewhere explaining the use of GMT and strtotime, date, gmmktime etc so that i can get my head aroudn this? Thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/112711-confused-with-gmt-and-timezones/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC Nerd Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 *bump* i think i confused myself when i posted this ( and thats not a good thing!!!). here is my main question: if a client coonnects and enters a time (already in GMT).... the server is set a eg GMT -600, so that now returns the time at that timezone. when i convert times to GMT, does it treat my already formatted time as Timezone, and therefore adding 6 hours to it? I suspect that that is what is happening, and if so how could i help it ( assumign that my users/clients still enter data formatted to GMT)? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/112711-confused-with-gmt-and-timezones/#findComment-579207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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