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problem with time which is always the one of the server

4/1/2006 6:22 PM

Timm Bottoni

Joined: 2/19/2006

Posts: 7

Re: problem with time which is always the one of the server

Hi,

I am being hosted by WebSecureStores.com and I don't think that I can see or change the Database Server Time or the Web Server Time - well, I don't know how anyway.

I have everything else set to Central Time - right now itsw 5:21PM here and when I post on our site it logs it as 3:21pm

I'll keep looking, but it seems obvious to me that setting I can change don't have any effect on the posting times, so I must be missing something.

Timm

4/6/2006 12:42 AM

Chris Paterra

Joined: 4/5/2003

Posts: 4377

Re: problem with time which is always the one of the server

You don't need control of the web or data server to adjust the time. Do remember when you are testing that caching can take a part in this too.

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4/6/2006 10:26 AM

Timm Bottoni

Joined: 2/19/2006

Posts: 7

Re: problem with time which is always the one of the server

Crispy wrote

You don't need control of the web or data server to adjust the time. Do remember when you are testing that caching can take a part in this too.

Hi,

Well I was able to determine its across all modules, as the last login time in the User Accounts page is also wrong. I'm not sure what else to try. No matter what I do, the times of the recorded events are two hours behind. So its definately not a problem with the Forums, its a problem with the whole site setup somehow.

Thanks,

Timm

4/28/2006 2:49 PM

Fabianus

Joined: 6/5/2005

Posts: 231

Re: problem with time which is always the one of the server Modified By Fabianus on 4/28/2006 2:51:47 PM

Hello Crispy!

Thank you for taking the time to look at this problem!

> Database Server Time

Can not do anything about it

>Web Server Time

Can not do anything about it

>Time set in Site Settings

Set to GMT +01:00

>Time set in Forum Administration -> General Settings

Set to GMT +01:00

>Per User Timezones enabled in Forum Administration -> General Settings

is enabled

>The individual user settings of timezone in their profile

hmm – my user may not choose the timezone, even if the "Per User Timezones" is enabled under General Settings !?

>To add, you guys should see this working here on DotNetNuke.com and can verify changes by changing the timezone set in your profile. Remember, on here is 3.20.01 that was released.

I do not have access to change the timezone setting in my user's settings! Do you understand why?

Regards,

Fabian

4/29/2006 6:39 PM

Chris Paterra

Joined: 4/5/2003

Posts: 4377

Re: problem with time which is always the one of the server

>The individual user settings of timezone in their profile

hmm – my user may not choose the timezone, even if the "Per User Timezones" is enabled under General Settings !?

- In this case, nothing gets converted so the time displayed is the same from everyone viewing regardless. (ie. People in 0 GMT see 5 am where as a person in +5 GMT see 12am.) We cannot alter the users profile from the forum module nor should we as it would add confusion. (This would be much more possible in 3.3 or greater but it still should not be done)

>To add, you guys should see this working here on DotNetNuke.com and can verify changes by changing the timezone set in your profile. Remember, on here is 3.20.01 that was released.

I do not have access to change the timezone setting in my user's settings! Do you understand why?

- I do not understand why this is not possible. Timezone is part of the core and as far as I know it always displays. Therefore, I am not sure why you cannot set yours unless there is a bug nobody told me about.

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