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1. Parb
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Ok - so here's my query...

   I have a wordpress site set up with a limited number of users.

   Those users are based in the UK and the US.

   Right now whenever someone posts a new posts or comment the time stamp is UK-centric - i.e. GMT. How would I get the time stamps to show the local of the new post / comment being written?

   So - If in the UK it is 5pm (GMT) and someone in the US who is 6 hours behind writes a new post it would show up as either:

   5pm (-6hrs GMT)
   or
   11am (+6hrs GMT)

   Is there a plug-in to allow this? or does anyone think it's a good enough thing to have a crack at making it work?!

2. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 5 years ago #

   The Time setting is on the Options->General page of the admin screen.

3. Parb
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   yes - thanks - i know where the time zone settings are.

   if you read my question carefully you will see that regardless of a single time zone being set how does one get each comment / post time stamped with the authors time zone?!

4. doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Wasn't this thread closed just a little bit ago?

5. Alex Mills (Viper007Bond)
   Moderator
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Doesn't look like there's such a plugin: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Time

   But it wouldn't be too hard to code if you're good with PHP. Just ask the user for their timezone, store it in a cookie, and then adjust the WP returned times to match their timezone.

6. Chris_K
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   The dupe of it was.

   As to the original question: eeks. I have no idea! It seems that it is assumed "the blog" has the timezone as opposed to your request to have timezone associated with authors. Seems like a logical candidate for a plugin, but I dont' recall stubmling over anything like it (granted, I've not had the need to search for one either).

7. Parb
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Thanks for the replies everyone.

   I've searched high and low for such a plug-in without any luck!
   Looks like I'm going to have to become a whizz at PHP!!

8. maerk
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   It's a very useful skill :D Go for it!

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