User time based on set timezone in profiles

[trofaste]

I would like to modify the user profile and mini profile templates to include the current time for the user based on their timezone beneath the post count, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Does anyone know how this could be done?

Thanks in advance,
Trofaste

[Kami]

There's no template variable for timezone / time display that would appear in the user and mini profile display areas so this would not be possible through templates alone.

It's conceivable that a plugin or H/F code in conjunction with a template modification would accomplish this, so I'd pop on over to the Plugin Request Board and see if it can be done. (:

[trofaste]

Thank you!

[Kami]

Apr 22, 2017 12:49:15 GMT -8 trofaste said:

Thank you! :)

You're welcome!

[Former Member]

The proboards API does show you what timezone you have selected but it's not ideal

proboards.dataHash.timezone
Will return either "1.00" but does not state if its - or + to my knowledge, regardless it super hard to create a timestamp based on this information, javascript Date object is not exactly kind.

[Kami]

Apr 22, 2017 14:45:52 GMT -8 @synthtec said:

The proboards API does show you what timezone you have selected but it's not ideal

proboards.dataHash.timezone
Will return either "1.00" but does not state if its - or + to my knowledge, regardless it super hard to create a timestamp based on this information, javascript Date object is not exactly kind.

It's not really a template mod though, it's not available as a variable.

[Former Member]

No No, you couldn't do it in the templates. You could do it in javascript, but its SUPER hard and I have not come up with a solution yet, at least not with the data provided by the API.

[Kami]

Apr 22, 2017 15:28:05 GMT -8 @synthtec said:

No No, you couldn't do it in the templates. You could do it in javascript, but its SUPER hard and I have not come up with a solution yet, at least not with the data provided by the API.

Fair, fair. Admittedly out of my wheelhouse w/ regards to js and plugins for the most part, haha. Would it be possible to create a plugin that doesn't necessarily work off the the PB set time zone, but have a user input a timezone manually that will display in the profile? EG: perhaps a custom profile field that states their time zone and a plugin converts that to whatever time. (I'm just throwing ideas out there, no idea if it'd actually work / if its possible)

[Former Member]

throwing me under the bus Kami :) hahaha nawh I'm tesing, yeah that could work.

How did my last plugin work out for you ? lol
-all requirements meet btw :P

[Kami]

Apr 22, 2017 15:54:35 GMT -8 @synthtec said:

throwing me under the bus Kami :) hahaha nawh I'm tesing, yeah that could work.

How did my last plugin work out for you ? lol
-all requirements meet btw :P

:D it would be cool if it works haha
(and the plugin is great!! sorry i forgot to get back to you i started a new job)

[Former Member]

Hey now, my mom tests all my plugins hahaha(teasing)

Aww that's cool you got a new job {hifives}
I was wondering why Kami was not putting her foot down here alot lately :) haha

[Chris]

The proboards.dataHash.timezone is indeed a negative or positive value giving the difference in hours from Greenwich time. Someone living in US Central timezone would have a value of "-6.00" (or "-5.00" if DST adjusted).

I recall this particular request for having the user's timezone displayed in their mini-profile under the V4 platform as having some privacy issues, some may simply not want their general location be known so there was a code implemented as an opt-in meaning the user had to flip that switch before everyone else could see their timezone (sorta like the birthday option is now).