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sanchitkhanna26
sanchitkhanna26

Reputation: 2233

Get the time according to timezone of user - PHP

I am developing a Q/A forum on sports. How do i get the timezone of logged in user so as to post his/her queries according to that timezone. Currently I am doing this

Javascript 
var current_date = new Date(); var clock=current_date.getTimezoneOffset() / 60; gmt= -1 * clock; 
$.post("receive.php",{gmt:gmt});

Receive.php
<?php // set timezone
if(isset($_POST['gmt'])) 
{
    $_SESSION['timezone']=$_POST['gmt']*60*60;        
}
?>

But it won't work for those users who have diabled Javascript. Is there a better solution?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1066

Answers (1)

poiuytrez
poiuytrez

Reputation: 22518

One solution could be to :
1.Retrieve the ip of your user 

$ipaddress = $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];

2.Analyse the ip address using a geolocation ip database.
3.Get the timezone in this location

Upvotes: 2

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