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1. drexnefex
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I am using the WordPress.com Stats plugin and am having an issue with the time. The "day" turns over at 4pm local time.

   The server is located in US Mountain Time and i am located in US Pacific time.

   I have my blog set to UTC-8.

   Is there anyway to set the WP.com Stats plugin to end a "day" at a different time? For example, i'd like mine to end at 10pm.

   Thanks.

2. Álvaro Degives-Más
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Oh dear, another unbeliever...

   You shall bow before the great Coordinated Universal Time.

   You shall not think in or about any other time system/zone than UTC.

   You shall organize your entire life according to UTC.

   ;-)

   I suppose you now understand the issue: WP Stats runs on UTC. Barring a hack in the plugin, that's just what there is.

3. drexnefex
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   so when the "day" in UTC time turns over (whatever time that is in PST) is when the "day" flips in the WP.com Stats plugin.

   so i'd either have to set my blog UTC time to something way off from where i am located or hack the plugin.

   im basically SOL.

4. Álvaro Degives-Más
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Yes, at midnight UTC your blog's "day" ends, too, according to WP Stats.

   BTW: UTC = PST - 8 hours (so, UTC rollover occurs at 4:00pm PST)

   Also, note that under Options > General settings you'll see that WP itself also operates under UTC, which you can offset by whichever number of hours you're at. This is somewhat different from some other plugins and scripts, that operate at the server's timezone - from which you'd have to set the proper offset in hours relative to your local time. Finally: UTC doesn't recognize / observe daylight saving time (DST), so during DST, UTC = PST - 9 hours

   Of course, there are some other stats plugins that do work with the same offset you use (set) for your entire WP blog, under Options > General.

5. angelopc
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It isn't just an issue with stats. This is a change in one of the recent versions of WP. 2.8.6 didn't have this issue. It appears that only 2.9.* has it. MailPress also publishes "Posts Published Yesterday" on UTC time, instead of local.

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