PHP - Php: Storing Time

PHP 5.2.6

We rent PHP server space on a server in California. Several of my pages generated by PHP show the current date and time, so when the page is printed, the user knows when the data was printed. Our users could be anywhere in the US, I am in Michigan. How do I convert the server time (PDT) into local time, regardless of where the user is?

Thanks.

Hello,

I tried to implement some PHP code to enable a web page to show "Dinner" specials versus "Lunch" specials based on the time.

The business is located in the Eastern Time Zone, so I only need to routine to work based on Eastern Time (New York).

What I am noticing is that the server is processing the lines of code so fast that the command to establish the correct time for the remaining code is not always being acknowledged.

This line of code appears to be processing too fast for the remaining lines of code:
date_default_timezone_set ( "America/New_York" );

Is there some additional code I can put in place to make sure the correct time is always ascertained?

I need the $hourmin variable to always return a combination of hour + minute based on 24-hour time and Eastern Time zone.

My code is as follows:


 <?php
   $name8 = file_get_contents("test/special8name.txt");
date_default_timezone_set ( "America/New_York" );
$gethour = date("H");
$getminutes = $gettimedate["minutes"];
$gettimedate = date();
$hourmin = $gethour . $getminutes;
$currentday = date("l", time());
$currentdate = date("M j, Y");
if ($hourmin < 1500 && $currentday <> "Saturday" && $currentday <> "Sunday") {
   echo "<span class=\"namesred\">$name8 </span>";
}
  else if ( $hourmin > 1500 && $hourmin < 2300 && $currentday <> "Saturday" && $currentday <> "Sunday") {
   echo "<span class=\"namesblue\">$name8 </span>";
  }
  else if ( $currentday == "Saturday" or $currentday == "Sunday") {
   echo "<span class=\"namesblue\">$name8 </span>";
  }
?>

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What are the differences and implications of UTC time and Zulu time?
  

<?php
function getArr(string $time):array
{
    $dateTime = new \DateTime($time);
    return [
        'time'=>$time,
        'timestamp'=> $dateTime->getTimestamp(),
        'dateTime' => $dateTime
    ];
}
$arr = getArr('2020-08-05');  
$arr_z = getArr('2020-08-05T00:00:00Z');  

print_r($arr);
print_r($arr_z);

echo('equal timestamps: '.($arr['timestamp'] === $arr['timestamp']?'true':'false'));

 

Array
(
    [time] => 2020-08-05
    [timestamp] => 1596585600
    [dateTime] => DateTime Object
        (
            [date] => 2020-08-05 00:00:00.000000
            [timezone_type] => 3
            [timezone] => UTC
        )

)
Array
(
    [time] => 2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
    [timestamp] => 1596585600
    [dateTime] => DateTime Object
        (
            [date] => 2020-08-05 00:00:00.000000
            [timezone_type] => 2
            [timezone] => Z
        )

)
equal timestamps: true

 

I am having a problem with PHP displaying the correct date and time. It updates as it should, but is fast by 4min and is always displaying a date in 2004. I ran a basic php script to make sure the application im using itself is not wrong. go to lunenburgledger.com/time.php

Anybody had any ideas on where to check? The system time on the Windows Server 2003 is correct. The only thing I can think of is that it was converted to a virtual machine on vmware esxi, but the system time stayed right. Any ideas?

Thanks!

OK So I've got a datepicker that sends a date in d/m/y format. My DB stores the data in Unix Timestamp Which I can convert the date to with strtotime however this does the exact date & time.

All I want is the actual day. I've spent hours trying to convert this with just the day with mixed results...

Thanks.

I have this:

    $sql = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT ip
                                     , page
                                     , CASE WHEN referrer = ''
                                            THEN 'N/A'
                                            ELSE referrer
                                       END as referrer     
                                     , DATE_FORMAT(date, '%m/%d/%y') as date
                                     , TIME_FORMAT(time, '%T') as time
                                FROM tblTraffic 
                                ORDER BY date DESC, time DESC");

most of my traffic report contains the correct times, my time, which is CST in the USA.  but some records are off by a lot.  Does the time() function capture the time of the actual location from which the visitor is coming from?  if so, what could I do to return my timezone for any visitor?  w3 schools and php.net don't mention this.

I am making a time clock, and I was wondering what is the best way to calculate the number of hours an employee worked?

I have a table called "statuses" it holds names of punch types:
- id = the auto_inc
- status = "in/out/break/lunch" text statuses
- paid = whether or not the punch is paid or not (true/false)

I have another table called "logging" This table holds the information about the punch type:
- id = the auto_inc
- owner = the member id
- ip = members ip
- inout = the punch type from the statuses table
- location = the city/state of where the punch took place
- date = the time the member punched

Maybe I am over thinking this, but what is the best way to calculate the hours a person has worked?

Right now I am getting all the punches for for a particular member between a date range. then loop through the data to display it and passing it to a method in a class called Calc. I want to then add the times from punch in to punch out, then the next punch in to punch out.

Any suggestions?

Hi,

The hosting provider for my domain confirm me that the server time is in EST (UTC-5). They also sent me a grab supporting that
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server time is now:
----------------------
Sun Nov 7 02:20:01 EST 2010
-------------------

But when I use the following code, the output I get is has 1 hr difference (UTC-6)
echo date("d M, Y h:i:s A",time());

Output==> 07 Nov, 2010 01:20:01 AM

But it suppose to give the same time as the server, ryt? Can anybody please explain?

Thanks,

Let's say I am buying a share for $10.

If I sell the share on the same day BEFORE 3:30PM, it will be sold for $10, but if I keep the share past 3:30PM, I want the code to automatically add $1 (Taxes and such) once in the the price of the share in database, after that no matter how many days pass by, the price will remain the same.

 

I've thought about CRON jobs, but I have no idea how to make/use them or set them up.

 

Any direction or help is appreciated.

 

 

Im making a application but many users can access it at the same time, also the data that needs to be stored into the database in 3 parts firstly the user will enter some details the comany will fill out the reamining details and the user will then accept or decline the companies proposal. The issue im havign will it be easier to just store all of this information into session variables and then save them into the database at the end when all of the details are ready ?

Thank You

Hi,
I am struggling with a form in php. I am trying to add a form by using the include function. I want to include thsi form on all pages so it would be very useful if I can save the current page name somewhere so that I can use to validate the form.

For example, this is the form I am trying to include.

<?php
if(!empty($errors))
{
if(isset($errors['sendError']))
{
echo '<p><strong class="error">There was a problem with our system please contact us directly.</strong></p>';
}
else
{
echo '<p><strong class="error">Please check the form below for errors.</strong></p>';
}
}
?>
<form action="index.php" method="post" id="form1">
<p>
<label><?php if(isset($errors['name'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Name<font color="red">*</font>: <?php if(isset($errors['name'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['name']; ?>" name="name" size="60" align="right" style="background:#EEF5A4" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['company'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Company: <?php if(isset($errors['company'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['company']; ?>" name="company" size="60" align="right" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['phone'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Phone Number: <?php if(isset($errors['phone'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['phone']; ?>" name="phone" size="60" align="right" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['email'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Email<font color="red">*</font>: <?php if(isset($errors['email'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['email']; ?>" name="email" size="60" align="right" style="background:#EEF5A4" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['enquiry'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Enquiry: <?php if(isset($errors['enquiry'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<textarea id="search1" id="complete" textarea name="enquiry" rows=4 cols=40 value="<?php echo $form['enquiry']; ?>" name="enquiry" size="60" align="right"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" class="formbutton" value="Submit" />&nbsp;<input type="reset" class="formbutton" value="Reset" />
</p>
<p><font color="red">*</font> Denotes a required field</p>
</form>

Because I am going to use this form on all pages, I would like it to include whatever the filename is rather than index.php in the first line of the form so that when the user clicks submit, it will stay on the same page but validate the form based on the mandatory fields.

I don't know if the question is clear. I would very much appreciate any help at all.

Thank you very much.

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<?php $going='';
$name='<span id="name"></span>';
echo "$name";      //results : stevengoh   ---     wanted 
$going=substr($name, 1, 17);
echo "$name";   //results : <span id="going">     ----       don't want
?>
Is it possible to store in php the results of variable id="going" javascript instead of <span id="going"></span>?.

Hey guys,
What would you recommend to store db values for later?

the only thing I can come up with is doing it this way:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE name='$user'");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
}
  {
and then using the $row['dbvariable'] later

is that the best way?

Hello all, I'm having some problems with a script ive written which is designed to allow me to send a message to all the users of my site.

the form works fine, the SQL works fine but im having a problem with storing php variables and outputting them in the message.

The form has a field named "allmessage" which is where i'll type my message, I'll type something like

"Hello $Name" and store the text as

$allmessage = $_POST['allmessage'];

example script


//loops through each member
    while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($sql)) 
    {
    
    //sets variables
    $ID=$row['ID'];
    $Name=$row['MemberName'];
    $Email=$row['Email'];
 
    $content_type = 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"' ;

    mail($Email, $allsubject, $allmessage, $content_type);
    }
//loop ends send us a copy of the mail
mail("me@me.com", $allsubject, $allmessage, $headers );


Now what I want to be outputted in the email is "Hello John" or "Hello Paul"

but what I get is "Hello $Name".

Any ideas?!