RE: FN-FORUM Client / server time zone resolution

date posted 19th July 2001 22:02



I'm going to assume that wasn't sarcasm. ;-)

Hi everyone - Ruth Arnold's brother here and co-consiprator in in
iBlurbs.com.

My background is in Unix and NT programming and I currently run a web design
firm specialising in database driven and E-commerce enabled websites written
in Cold Fusion or Perl.

And boy oh boy do you guys write a lot of emails!

John

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Damian Thomas
> Sent: 16 July 2001 23:35
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Client / server time zone resolution
>
>
> nice to see you on the list john with some of your invaluable input :-)
>
> Regards
> Damian Thomas
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Arnold" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 6:40 PM
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Client / server time zone resolution
>
>
> > Seems like a better bet would be to post the dates and times in the
> logfile
> > in an unabiguous way such as:
> >
> > 2001/07/16 18:28 GMT
> >
> > Or even:
> >
> > 16 July 2001 6:28pm GMT
> >
> > Considerably easier than attempting to translate the log file every time
> > it's viewed.
> >
> > You could even add a line at the top of the log view showing what the
> > present time is GMT so that viewers could compare that to their own
> > timezone.
> >
> > Be warned - timezones are tricky buggers. Getting the users time to the
> > nearest hour isn't enough. There are some timezones out there that are
> > offset by half an hour as well.
> >
> > John
> >
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > > [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Peter Ebdon
> > > Sent: 16 July 2001 17:03
> > > To: Freelancers
> > > Subject: FN-FORUM Client / server time zone resolution
> > >
> > >
> > > Have any of you done any scripting to take account of the time zone
> > > differences between the client browser and the server?
> > >
> > > I've been looking for a way to present log information to UK
> > > browsers using
> > > dates timestamped by a US server. The obvious way to do it would
> > > be to post
> > > the current system time of the client browser as part of the logon and
> > > remember the difference between that and the server, rounded to
> > > the nearest
> > > hour. Is there an easier way, such as picking up the time on
> the client
> > > from one of the page headers?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Pete
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