[thelist] web and db server local time

[Jon Molesa]

Nice!  Thanks.

*On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 04:26:50PM -0700 Ken Snyder <kendsnyder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:26:50 -0700
> From: Ken Snyder <kendsnyder at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [thelist] web and db server local time
> To: "thelist at lists.evolt.org" <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> 
> Jon Molesa wrote:
> > AFAIK, the time is local to the server.  Browsers don't report their
> > time without some kind of javascript.
> > ...
> Here's a way you can get browsers to report their timezone:
> 
> <form name="login" action="" method="post">
>   <input type="text" name="username" value="" />
>   <input type="password" name="password" value="" />
>   <input type="hidden" name="minutes_offset" value="" />
>   <script type="javascript" type="text/javascript">
>     //<![CDATA[
>     document.forms.login.minutes_offset.value = new 
> Date().getTimezoneOffset();
>     //]]>
>   </script>
>   <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Login" />
> </form>
> 
> 
> "minutes_offset" will then be posted to the server so that dates from 
> and to the user can be converted.  "minutes_offset" is the offset from 
> GMT/UTC time.  If the user has JavaScript disabled, then you can default 
> to the server clock timezone or whatever.
> 
> - Ken Snyder
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