Re: how to set current time for local computer

Glad you got your solution Vikas.

I am trying to design a solution for a broader, similar problem:

My site is available globaly, and runs Games according to a date/time
schedule (think online Poker). I can record the schedule according to
GMT as a base, but I want to show users when the game will start time
using their local time.

I can record the user's offset from GMT, and do simple addition/
subtraction, BUT time offsets change (daylight-saving). In fact the
daylight savings rules change periodically; here in Australia QLD has
no daylight savings where as NSW does.

Is there any accepted standard-aproach for dealing with global
timezones e.g. a callable webservice to get GMT offset for a country/
state? I doubt it.

Right now I think I'll have to use a countdown e.g. "Game starts in
1d, 7h, 24m, which is _approx_ 7:30p.m. on Thursday in your
location" . This seems like the most straightforward and reliable
solution.

When users input the scheduled time though, they will want to input
using local time. I guess I could show on screen what their local time
*should* be NOW and let them correct it so that the user's offset gets
updated and the input time is correctly converted to GMT?

But the what then happens if that locale changes to daylight savings
(summer time) before the game starts and the player misses the game
that they're organising...... Oh crap I hate time zones.

One obvious note: When the northern hemisphere changes in one
direction, the southern hemisphere changes in the other direction
(maybe within 1-2 weeks). E.g. a time difference (UK to Aus) of 9
hours becomes 11 hours (Mum never gets that right when she 'phones)
and different timezones in other countries change aroundabout the
same date.

Can anyone think of a better solution for this? Am I over-egging the
pudding?

Sid.

On Mar 2, 7:51 pm, vikas <vikas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ya this is really helpful to me..
> thanks
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