k5n webcalendar timezone: Wrong GMT offset
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:01 pm
[PROBLEM]
After upgrading from k5n's php webcalendar v1.2.0 to v1.2.3, the time values are incorrect. They're off by a static offset.
When checking my user's webcalender config under "settings > preferences", it always writes:
[SOLUTION]
This seems to be related to a bug in v1.2.3. Thanks to an entry in the sourceforge forums, I was pointed into the direction of the error:
Workaround:
In 'webcalendar/includes/functions.php' on line 3815, there's the following code:
Disabling it is a workaround (but I'd say no fix).
Fix?
A few lines above, there's the culprit:
$GLOBALS['TIMEZONE'] is not empty by default, but has the value:
After upgrading from k5n's php webcalendar v1.2.0 to v1.2.3, the time values are incorrect. They're off by a static offset.
When checking my user's webcalender config under "settings > preferences", it always writes:
Regardless of what timezone I select.Your current GMT offset is -5 hours.
[SOLUTION]
This seems to be related to a bug in v1.2.3. Thanks to an entry in the sourceforge forums, I was pointed into the direction of the error:
Workaround:
In 'webcalendar/includes/functions.php' on line 3815, there's the following code:
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date_default_timezone_set ( $GLOBALS['TIMEZONE'] );Fix?
A few lines above, there's the culprit:
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// Set SERVER TIMEZONE.
if ( empty ( $GLOBALS['TIMEZONE'] ) )
$GLOBALS['TIMEZONE'] = $GLOBALS['SERVER_TIMEZONE'];...the question is: Where does that one come from?America/New_York