[Metallica]

I'm a total newb with PHP and I have installed a guestbook that displays the time of the posts.

I found this piece of code which I think adds the date and time to the posts:

echo ' <span class="ddgb_h">' . _WRITTEN_ON . "</span> " . date(_FORMAT_DATE, $data['timestamp']) . " " . _WRITTEN_ON_TIME . '<br />' . "\n";

The question is pretty simple. The answer may or may not be.
How do I add 7 hours to the displayed time?

I suspect the script adds the time at the server which is in a different time-zone then most visitors of the site I'm working on.

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Hi there

$data['timestamp'] <-- I am assuming that variable is a unix timestamp?

If so, unix time stamps are in seconds, so just add the amount of seconds (60*60*7=25200)

so..

$NewTimeStamp = $data[timestamp] + 25200;

echo ' <span class="ddgb_h">' . _WRITTEN_ON . "</span> " . date(_FORMAT_DATE, $NewTimeStamp) . " " . _WRITTEN_ON_TIME . '<br />' . "\n";

If the date isn't stored in a unix timestamp then this code won't work and we'll have to find how the date is stored.

Edited by mpfeif101, 11 November 2006 - 04:24 PM.

[mpfeif101]

Hi there

$data['timestamp'] <-- I am assuming that variable is a unix timestamp?

If so, unix time stamps are in seconds, so just add the amount of seconds (60*60*7=25200)

so..

$NewTimeStamp = $data[timestamp] + 25200;

echo ' <span class="ddgb_h">' . _WRITTEN_ON . "</span> " . date(_FORMAT_DATE, $NewTimeStamp) . " " . _WRITTEN_ON_TIME . '<br />' . "\n";

If the date isn't stored in a unix timestamp then this code won't work and we'll have to find how the date is stored.

Edited by mpfeif101, 11 November 2006 - 04:24 PM.

[Metallica]

Thank you bundles Matt.

That worked like a charm.