I have tried this, and it seems ok, but I will need to watch it.
The file I am editing is
pcf-guy-fawkes-night-countdown/core/pcfcg-countdown.php
The edits are in the two lines to replace $date with $date_i18n.
My understanding of the difference is that $date is a php function which will return the utc date-time, whereas $date_i18n is a WordPress function which will return the current date-time of the WordPress Installation as set in the WordPress Settings area.
<?php
function pcfcg_calculate($day, $month, $year){
$date_i18n = strtotime($day.'-'.$month.'-'.$year);
$remaining = $date_i18n - time();
Hope this helps.
Hi, sorry to report, I am not quite as good as I hoped, as that does not change the result.
I think I have now cracked this.
The issue revolves around date time on the WordPress Install.
The date functions should be as suggested $date_i18n
The time should be current_time( ‘timestamp’ ) which gets the time from the wordpress install.
function pcfcg_calculate($day, $month, $year){
$date_i18n = strtotime($day.'-'.$month.'-'.$year);
$remaining = $date_i18n - current_time( 'timestamp' );
The benefit of this is that it then works in any timezone, because it counts down to the local time rather than to UTC.
Hope it helps
On reviewing this further, I think the key issue is the $remaining formula which needs to reflect the timezone which the installation of WordPress is set up to reflect.
$remaining = $date – current_time( ‘timestamp’ );
This appears to be working for me,
No, I have no idea how to make it work, internationally.
