Postie Time Correction

  • Resolved mipsgeek

    (@mipsgeek)


    11 years, 7 months ago

    In the Postie Settings page the Postie Time Correction field does not change when the GMT offset changes. For example, in New York during DST the offset is -4. When the time changes to EST the offset is -5. However, the Postie Time Correction field remains -4. It appears that Postie is reading this value from the postie-settings blob in the wp_options table in the database. The only way to change the Postie Time Correction value from -4 to -5 is to enter -5 in the text box and press “Save Changes”. This action then updates the database table. However, this must be performed manually on all sites which employ the Postie plugin twice per year when the time changes!

    Do you have plans to have future versions of Postie automatically change the Postie Time Correction field AND the database table value when the time changes?

    Otherwise, do you have a suggestion as to how to force the WordPress gmt_offset function to change the Postie Time Correction value both in the Settings page and the database table? As I said above, currently this does not happen.

    Thank you

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/postie/

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  • Plugin Author Wayne Allen

    (@wayneallen-1)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Postie relies on the system clock for its dates, it does not use GMT unless the server is set to GMT.
    Typically the server is set to the local timezone, say PST. The offset to EST is +3. The switch to DST happens in both timezones so the offset remains +3.

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