2015-01-27 18:28:50
Hello
I live in Australia and the time zone is +10 GMT However the software thinks it is at GMT when it is set to zero but my server is actually in America.
So it is more than 17 hours behind. I cannot set the system time for the website because i cannot get a +17 on the time zone selector.
How do I change the server time zone in the software so i can set my time zone correctly
Thank You
2015-01-27 18:39:37
Set the timezone in the admin's System Preference.
2015-01-27 19:20:36
Hello Greg
I tried to do that but as I explained above the difference between the None or 0 time shown and the 10 time which should be the difference between GMT and Australia East Coast is more than ten hours.
For example the time now in my home town is 11.17am 28/01/2015 but the zero time in the admin section shows it is 18:17 on the 27/01/2015 which is the same as my webhost server time therefore the time difference is more than the available 14.
Plus the current GMT time is 18:35 on the 28/01/2015
So I am not sure how to set the system to be my time in Australia.
best regards
Jim barnes
2015-01-27 19:25:46
Sorry Greg
That should have been the current GMT time is 00.35 28/01/2015.
which given Day Light saving time in Australia is correct.
The software seems to use the server time rather than GMT as its basis for O time
regards
jim barnes
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I live in Australia and the time zone is +10 GMT However the software thinks it is at GMT when it is set to zero but my server is actually in America.
So it is more than 17 hours behind. I...
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2015-01-27 19:33:52
You should just need to adjust the timezone setting until the time displayed next to it matches your local time.
2015-01-27 20:14:21
Hi Greg
Thanks for the reply
To get the time right I need to set the time zone to 17 but there is no 17 on the time zone list.
Oh well thanks anyway.
Jim Barnes
2015-01-28 08:19:37
*Resolved
I worked out what is going on.
The software uses the server local time as its 0 time in the administration preferences.
Therefore if the server is in California the O time is 17 hours behind the time in Sydney Australia.
I cannot adjust the admin time to the correct local time as there is no 17 in the selection menu.
However if I set the admin time to 7 it gives me the GMT.
Then for users I can set the time to 10 and it gives me the correct local time in Australia.
Easy
I will put this on the bug forum
Thank You
2015-02-14 21:33:56
I am in Japan with a server on -7 and I had the same problem. I tried your trick but that didn't work for me. So I went directly to the DB config in phpmyadmin and changed the time zone to 16. Then to zero in preferences. It gave me the local time.