datetime to atom

[louis_coetzee]

Hi Everyone,

 

Please have a look at this, and tell me if its right?

I am generating a sitemap for my website dynamically.

 

The date I am providing: 2012-02-24 11:56:09 and this is the output I am getting: 2012-02-24T11:56:09Z

now I am not sure of the Z at the end of the returned value.

 

I think I am looking for something similar to this: 2012-03-12T12:00:02+02:00

 

not to sure what I am doing wrong and where it gets the timezone from, I am guessing from the php config file.

 

any help would be much appreciated. thanks

 

My code:

 

<lastmod><?php echo $time->toAtom($post['Post']['modified']); ?></lastmod>

[requinix]

"Z" represents UTC and is valid shorthand for its timezone. As long as the time is correct for UTC (it was converted from the local timezone properly) you're fine and there's nothing wrong.

[louis_coetzee]

@requinix

 

Thanks very much for your reply.

[louis_coetzee]

What should I change my timezone settings in php.ini to to get the following: 2012-03-12T12:00:02+02:00 which is (UTC+02:00) Harare, Pretoria

[requinix]

Probably nothing. What does

echo date("r");

output? If it uses the right timezone then you have to adjust whatever $time->toAtom is.

[louis_coetzee]

This is the output for echo date("r");

 

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:51:08 +0000

[requinix]

Huh. How about the timezone for the computer?

[louis_coetzee]

I hope I understand you correctly. but the timezone for my pc is set to: (UTC+02:00) Harare, Pretoria

and the php.ini set to UTC

[requinix]

Then unset it in the php.ini and let it pick up the timezone from the computer. If that doesn't work (or I'm just misunderstanding you) then set date.timezone according to this list (basically, pick whichever city is closest and in the same timezone with the same DST rules).

[louis_coetzee]

cool, did that, now if I echo date("n");

 

I get: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:01:29 +0200 - which is correct.

 

But with the date to atom, it still shows: 2012-03-12T15:03:34Z with the Z at the end. Why is it not showing it with the +02:00 at the end?

 

Thanks for your help so far.

[requinix]

Probably because the $time->toAtom() function does it that way intentionally. Look at its code.

 

Let me reiterate: there's nothing wrong with what it's doing (provided it's not doing anything wrong). Whether it shows noon UTC or 2pm UTC+2 doesn't really matter.

[louis_coetzee]

Okay, thanks again. Will not worry about it anymore if that is the case.