Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of GenFAQ

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Feb 25, 2011, 1:19:28 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

IgorL

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GenFAQ

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 == '''''How can I change the time zone in Dolphin?''''' ==
 
-You may know that all actions in Dolphin have their date/time specifications, such as Spy events, Blog and Forum posts, Chat messages, etc. All these events are stored in a MySQL database which by default uses the server time zone for them. But your web server may be located in a different country, so it may be necessary to adjust Dolphin time according to your (admin) location.[[BR]]
+You may know that all actions in Dolphin have their date/time specifications, such as Spy events, Blog and Forum posts, Chat messages, etc. All these events are stored in a MySQL database which by default uses the server time zone for them. But your web server may be located in a different country, so it may be necessary to adjust Dolphin time according to your (admin) location.
+
+You will also need to change the default time zone for PHP so it could correspond to MySQL time zone. So here's how you can do it:[[BR]][[BR]][[BR]]
+
+'''For PHP'''
+
+Edit the file {{{inc/header.inc.php}}}.[[BR]]
+Input this line:
+{{{
+date_default_timezone_set( timezone_identifier );
+}}}
+after
+{{{
+mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8');
+}}}
+
+There are a plenty of ''timezone_identifiers'', but to make it simple, I will show only those that use GMT offsets.
+
+It's strange but it's true that PHP uses these offsets in a different way: a negative offset becomes positive and on the contrary.
+
+For example, if you live in the ''US/Central'' time zone, your GMT offset is supposed to be "-6", but you need to specify '''"Etc/GMT+6"''' as the '''''timezone_identifier''''', and if you live in ''!Europe/Berlin'' timezone, your GMT offset is supposed to be "+1" but you need to specify '''"Etc/GMT-1"'''. Those who live in ''London'', should specify '''"Etc/GMT"''' ('''please mind the quotation marks''').
+
+Those who live in time zones with fractional GMT offsets, will need to use their areas timezones in this format: '''"!Asia/Rangoon"''', '''"!Australia/Adelaide"''', etc.
+
+The list of supported time zones can be found [http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php here].[[BR]][[BR]][[BR]]
+
+'''For MySQL'''
+
 You will need to change the time zone offsets in 3 files: for Dolphin itself, for Orca and for Ray.
 
+The ''offset'' parameter should specify your time zone offset in comparison to GMT time, for example: +6:00, -7:30. And these offsets are already the ones we got used to.
+
 Here are these files:[[BR]]
-''Note: the offset parameter should specify your time zone offset in comparison to GMT time, for example: +6:00, -7:30, etc.''[[BR]][[BR]]
 1) For Dolphin:[[BR]]
 edit {{{/inc/classes/BxDolDb.php}}}[[BR]]