looks interesting
that's where a behavior would come in handy (behaving as I described
above). it would automate this process
On 21 Nov., 09:25, Chris Cinelli <chris.cine...@formativelearning.com>
wrote:
> PHP 5.2+ has the functions to work on date and they automatically take care
> of all the math for DST.
> Our solution is currently to run the servers in GMT. We set the default
> timezone to GMT in bootstrap.php
> We have also 2 functions in the AppController:
>
> public function toLocalTime($time)
> {
>
> static $is_init = false;
> static $dtzGMT = false;
> static $dtzUser = false;
>
> if (!$is_init){
> //Cache the timezone locally for all the length of the PHP
> request
> $dtzGMT = new DateTimeZone('GMT'); //GMT is OK?
> $dtzUser = new DateTimeZone(isset($this->user) ?
> $this->user['time_zone'] : 'GMT');
> $is_init = true;
> }
>
> $dt = new DateTime($time, $dtzGMT );
> return $dt->setTimezone($dtzUser);
> }
>
> And :
>
> public function toGMT($time) {
> return gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($time));
> }
>
> The controller call toLocalTime on all the dates passed to the View. The
> View can format the dates with the ->format(..) method of the DateTime
> object.
> The controller also have to call toGMT before passing the dates to the
> controller.
>
> So far it seem to work pretty well. What do you guys think?
>
> I would be nice if we could automatize the process and to be able to avoid
> that the programmer has to explicitly call these functions each time.
>
> Best,
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:45 PM, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > right
> > you would have to convert it back again of course
>
> > find() => behavior converts all to local time
> > save() => behavior converts all to UTC (cake inserts new dates in UTC
> > anyway)
>
> > probably quite some overhead but it should keep it clean.
>
> > as of right now I simply set the timezone fixed to LONDON/BERLIN in
> > the core and will not deal with until absolutely necessary :)
>
> > On 4 Nov., 14:55, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
> > <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote:
> > > I was thinking of the new key to display a localised version, but keep
> > the old one for editing; if you just convert it and then save the record
> > it'd save the 'local' version, wouldn't it?
>
> > > Jeremy Burns
> > > Class Outfit
>
> > >http://www.classoutfit.com
>
> > > On 4 Nov 2011, at 13:32, euromark wrote:
>
> > > > probably
> > > > i wouldt apply new keys then, just override the old ones.
> > > > if you don't change the current keys your forms will have to be
> > > > modified.
>
> > > > There is no jack of all trades device for this, i guess.
>
> > > > setting the default_time_zone to your location only fixes the dtc
> > > > problem for this specific country.
> > > > not setting it (to UTC so to speak) would be the right way to go +
> > > > above approach which will probably add some overhead.
>
> > > > I cant think of a different solution.
>
> > > > On 4 Nov., 14:15, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
> > > > <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote:
> > > >> Couldn't you do an afterFind in a behaviour that sets new keys like
> > 'LocalTime'?
>
> > > >> Jeremy Burns
> > > >> Class Outfit
>
> > > >>http://www.classoutfit.com
>
> > > >> On 4 Nov 2011, at 13:04, euromark wrote:
>
> > > >>> maybe you can adopt some of this
>
> >https://raw.github.com/jellehenkens/lemon_utils/master/View/Helper/Ti...
>
> > > >>> I am wondering:
> > > >>> How do you guys handle the daylight saving time issue?
> > > >>> Currently we face this problem in 2.0:
> > > >>> - dates (created, modified, own ones) are saved without it (-1 hour
> > > >>> offset from the current time)
> > > >>> - returning them from DB, though, leaves them untouched (still -1
> > > >>> offset)
> > > >>> - using a time helper that is aware of timezones we can correct it
> > > >>> back to 0 offset for output
> > > >>> But what with forms that directly use the content of the DB? they
> > will
> > > >>> contain the -1 offset which can be confusing.
>
> > > >>> wouldnt it be better to modify the dates right when they come out of
> > > >>> the DB to ensure all methods (controller, model, view level) use the
> > > >>> same offset? and make sure they are modified back on save?
> > > >>> or how do you handle it? manually adjust dates used in forms?
>
> > > >>> of course the same goes for more than just DST - complete timezone
> > > >>> changes etc.
>
> > > >>> On 29 Okt., 06:17, Ryan Schmidt <google-2...@ryandesign.com> wrote:
> > > >>>> On Oct 26, 2011, at 01:25, Shanaka wrote:
>
> > > >>>>> I'm creating a web application using cakephp 1.2.6.
>
> > > >>>> Why would you use 1.2.x to create a new web app, and not 2.0? Even
> > using 1.3.x would be better but I don't see why you wouldn't start with the
> > latest and greatest. Converting your app later to use a newer version of
> > CakePHP will involve non-zero effort, so I'd think you'd want to spare
> > yourself that work.
>
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