[wp-testers] Wordpress UTC Time

[Matt]

I think it should be using date(), then just be able to specify the offset
from the server time. Since most servers should be patched with the changes
in Daylight Saving(s) Time (:P). Can a plugin deal with the time? And what
hook or whatever (I haven't exactly made a Wordpress plugin before :P )
would you use?


On 3/21/07, David Herren <david at idiomatrix.com> wrote:
>
> THis is probably a naive question...
>
> What does wordpress have to do anything with time at all? Why doesn't
> it just read the underlying system clock, which already handles the
> daylight savings time changes? What am I missing?
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2007, at 1:01 AM, Jennifer Hodgdon wrote:
>
> > The time of year they change is opposite, but "daylight savings
> > time" or "summer time" is still + 1 hour in the southern hemisphere.
> >
> > Believe me you do not want WP to figure out daylight savings rules
> > for the world. It is one of the most complex subjects I have ever
> > written software for...
> >
> > FYI, at least as of a few years ago (when I actually was writing
> > time/date/daylight savings software), no country changed by 1/2
> > hour for daylight savings. The variation was just in when during
> > the year countries changed; also some don't change at all. Some
> > time zones are also 1/2 hour off their neighbors (and a few even
> > 1/4 hour off) for their base time zone, but when they go on
> > daylight savings, they set the clocks ahead by an hour.
>
>
> /david
>
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