(SOLVED) Time setings

I still cant get this to work properly in uddeIM.
My server is set at CST (UTC -06:00) and I am in London UK. I am using Joomla 1.5.2 and under Global Settings i have it set to UTC 00:00.

If I write a new Article Joomla gives it the correct time stamp for the UK.
If I post a topic in Fireboard it also gets a correct time stamp for the uk.

If I send a PM in uddeIM i get it time stamped 6 hours behind that is the time stamp takes the time from the server and not from Joomla.

I have tried changing things as suggested but no luck it remains firmly time stamped with the time of the server.

Its driving me mad

Ok, when your server is located at UTC-6, then time() will return a timestamp of that location.

So you have to set Joomla to UTC-6, so uddeIM can correct the time by adding +6 hours. I wonder why the article timestamp is correct, when the server time is UTC-6 and your timezone is +0.

I am sorry but i still dont understand this
In my Global settings in Joomla on the server tab I have set it to UTC00:00 because I am in London.
So where do I set joomla to UTC-6 and how do i do it
Sorry for being a bit thick but I am new to this
Thanks

Please try to set your timezone to UTC-6 since your server is NOT in London.

This is from Joomla Help page:

Locale Settings

Time Zone. This tool sets the current date and time. The set time should be where the site's server is located. The default setting is (UTC 00:00) Western Europe Time, London, Lisbon, Casablanca.

So maybe this is your problem.

Post edited by: slabbi, at: 2008/06/15 14:25

slabbi wrote:

I doubt that this is correct since time() returns a timestamp in seconds and $mosConfig_offset is mesaured in hours. So 3600 is the correct value here. You can adjust the time by increasing or decreasing the offset only, e.g.

Code:



$rightnow=time()+(($mosConfig_offset + adjustValueHere )*3600);

slabbi,

Again sir you are a tremendous help. While the hacked code was working for me, your suggestion I believe is a much cleaner solution. I changed line 82 in admin.shared.php to

[code:1]$rightnow=time()+(($mosConfig_offset + 8 )*3600);[/code:1]

This returns the correct time for all private messages. Thanks!