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tplowe

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Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 27, 2010, 09:48:47 am
Where do I set the time zone for Civicrim? The time stamp on donations is 2 hrs off of the time stamp generated by Joomla.

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 27, 2010, 01:32:06 pm
It uses the OS's timezone.

tplowe

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 28, 2010, 05:16:10 am
The OS shows the correct time zone. Civicrm is showing 2 hrs earlier.

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 28, 2010, 07:49:57 am

check what the timezone setting is in php.ini

alternatively write a small php script and discover the timezone setting there. civicrm does not set any timezone

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tplowe

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 28, 2010, 08:18:06 am
I'll check into the php.ini .

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 28, 2010, 08:41:32 am
So I added   "date.timezone = "US/Central" to the php.ini file in the root of my domain. Didn't do anything. Do I need to copy a php.ini file to some where else within civicrm?

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 28, 2010, 02:19:44 pm

run a

<?php phpinfo( );

and see if the timezone is taking effect

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 29, 2010, 09:42:46 am
phpinfo(); reports American/Phoenix. I attached a capture. Phoenix is 1 hour earlier than my local. This whole thing doesn't make sense, since civicrm is printing 2 hrs earlier.

tplowe

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Re: Time stamp is 2 hrs different from Joomla?
August 29, 2010, 10:34:12 am
Ok I go it set right by placing this code on my index page.

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date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');
That was simple. All my users for this site are local to that time zone, so it's fine for my usage. Might need something different for a site viewed in many time zones which would be more typical.

There is a good thread concerning time zones at: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

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