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When does next Cron Job run (time from now)?
I would need to know how much time is left between now and the next time a specifc Cron Job is done.
For another answer I built a basic cron inspector plugin which can be found here.
Reason I'm ...
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Trigger a cron every 24h GMT -8
I' like to run a cron every 24 hours at midnight PST ( = GMT -8 )
This is what I have
if ( !wp_next_scheduled( 'cron_hook' ) ) {
//reset on 00:00 PST ( GMT -8 ) == GMT +16
$timeoffset = ...
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User-Specific Timezones? Hack? Plugin?
Is there any way, whether it be a hack, a plugin, etc., to give users their own timezone? I am using a purchased SMS plugin. Users (my clients) login and are able to send out text messages when they ...
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Is it safe to use 'date_default_timezone_set' in plugin file?
I am using a sitemaps plugin which in very complex ways sets the timezone of <lastmod> (i.e. last modified time) for posts to GMT.
Temporarily, until the plugin developer fixes it, I need to ...
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Why time functions show invalid time zone when using 'c' time format?
These are the functions I use in my theme to display the "entry-meta" which includes published and last modified dates (among others) of an article:
// Shows Author and Published Date
if ( ! ...
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set user timezone [closed]
I have a calendar/todo app on my wordpress site. I need to be able to let users set their timezone for this. The plan is to have a front end drop down, then jquery updates the user's object.
Does ...
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Default timezone hardcoded as UTC?
While debugging a plugin I was writing, I noticed that on line 36 of wp-settings.php, the default timezone is hardcoded to UTC with a call to the date_default_set_timezone() function. This means any ...
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Wordpress time queries
When we setup the timezone in wordpress settings page. Does it changes the server time? If I call time(); does it returns unix time according to timezone setup in the settings page?
I have checked ...
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How to get WordPress Time Zone setting?
Can someone tell me how to get the time zone that is set in the WordPress Admin?
For example, if the blog is set to Eastern time, I need this exact string to print out:
US/Eastern
This is for a ...
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timestamp and scheduled post irregularities
Update: I've confirmed the problem (that scheduled posts are based on UTC time), now just need advice and background to determine best solution. Questions:
1) how WP determines UTC time before ...
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Summer/winter time - “daylight savings”
I have a wordpress site connected to an automated system that bases its work upon posts' modification date/time.
In my timezone there have recently been a time swap and the operating system (linux) ...
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I get “The PHP Date/Time library is not supported by your web host.” on my CentOS host, what library to I need to install to add support?
I did some quick looking around, but my PHP skills are pretty nascent. I am sure there is just a package that needs installing.
Edit to add additional information about the setup:
Using:
yum info ...
