Time zones

[SyncViews]

All the dates etc on my site are always GMT - 5. How do I make it so by default they are always GMT +- what ever the user set?

 

I thought of adding the correct number of seconds to the outputs of time() etc but I'm sure theres a better way (eg something to make the date functions display the date/time arcording to a certain timezoe)

[revraz]

You can set the timezone in the php.ini if you use PHP 5.

[cooldude832]

this is a good suggestion if you make a large site

make a file called constants.php and include in it all the stuff you want to set

your mysql login info, mysql databases folder locations etc. and include your currency type and location

looks sorta like

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('GMT');
date_default_timezone_set('GMT');

//All constants used on the site
define("ROOT",$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/");
define("BASE", "http://www.mysite.com/");
define("LOGIN_BASE", "http://www.mysite.com/login/");
define("SCRIPTS", ROOT."scripts/");
define("SUB_FOLDER", BASE."source/");
define("GRAPHICS", BASE."graphics/");
define("SOURCES", BASE."sources/");
define("IMAGES", BASE."images/");
define("CSS", BASE."css/");
define("EXT", ".php");
define("USERS_TABLE", "User");
define("UP_TABLE", "UP");
define("DEALS_TABLE", "Deals");
define("DEALS_RATINGS_TABLE", "Deals_ratings");
define("DEALS_SPAM_TABLE", "Deals_spam");
//SQL DB INFO HERE 
define("SQL_PORT", "");
define("SQL_USER", "********");
define("SQL_PASS", "*****");
define("SQL_DB", "******");

//Max amoutn of spam counts before delete
define("MAX_SPAM_COUNT", "5");

?>

and then on each page you reference it by saying

<?php
require_once('constants.php');
?>

and you will have the time zone set your currency set all your mysql Login data will be easy to remember etc. etc.