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What format is events start/end time stored in the DB + objects on system load? I'm using event->getEventStart() and end functions but they give me something that's 10 or more hours off of Central time which is what my Joomla install is set to....
Does it store/deal with time in UTC and convert on the fly based on server/joomla settings? If so, what and where is the code you handle for displaying start+end times properly on the front end. Thanks.
Update:
I took a closer look and it appears all your date times are set in GMT, and our timezone is ignored completely in joomla settings and etc. So even if I set something to 5PM, you just set 5PM GMT, which is wrong.....so when we look at the code it should be a different time in GMT if we're saying 5PM central. So that's why our display is all messed up. This causes us issues since we deal with people all over the globe, is there no timezone to deal with specificially so users can up convert/set their timezone accordingly?
So I assume it was just easier to do no timezone stuff....but I don't think this is right. We definately need to show that an event is for CST or some time zone, and it would be even better if a user could pick timezone in their profile and adjust display across easysocial, but that's not as important as at least highlighting the fact a time is in CST, except you guys just set everything to GMT :S
Does it store/deal with time in UTC and convert on the fly based on server/joomla settings? If so, what and where is the code you handle for displaying start+end times properly on the front end. Thanks.
Update:
I took a closer look and it appears all your date times are set in GMT, and our timezone is ignored completely in joomla settings and etc. So even if I set something to 5PM, you just set 5PM GMT, which is wrong.....so when we look at the code it should be a different time in GMT if we're saying 5PM central. So that's why our display is all messed up. This causes us issues since we deal with people all over the globe, is there no timezone to deal with specificially so users can up convert/set their timezone accordingly?
So I assume it was just easier to do no timezone stuff....but I don't think this is right. We definately need to show that an event is for CST or some time zone, and it would be even better if a user could pick timezone in their profile and adjust display across easysocial, but that's not as important as at least highlighting the fact a time is in CST, except you guys just set everything to GMT :S
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