Post by Lynx on Apr 23, 2024 4:16:20 GMT -8
This is just an idea I had for a plugin, but I haven't started development yet as I need to find out if something like this is even doable. I suspect that this will need to make use of a super user key.
I believe that PB serverdate uses UTC. If this is correct, what I'd like to be able to do is have a popup show once for each user asking for their timezone in UTC, like UTC -5:00 (from a dropdown), to set their initial local time. The plugin would then calculate their time and display it in the MP.
Further down the road, provided this is possible in the first place, I'm thinking of changing from UTC to GMT (which looks to be affected by daylight savings time, whereas UTC does not) and including a checkbox on the popup to indicate whether it's DST or not. A button will also be placed on their profile (only seen if it's the user's own profile and not while viewing someone else's profile) where they can use it to adjust their timezone, via the same popup. Their current timezone setting and DST setting (once implemented) would be saved to a key so that user's time can be pulled from the key data and display the appropriate time in their MP.
Is something like this even doable with a plugin? If not, then there's no point in me even trying to make an attempt on this - hence why I'm looking to see if this is possible in the first place.
Thanks to any who reply.
I believe that PB serverdate uses UTC. If this is correct, what I'd like to be able to do is have a popup show once for each user asking for their timezone in UTC, like UTC -5:00 (from a dropdown), to set their initial local time. The plugin would then calculate their time and display it in the MP.
Further down the road, provided this is possible in the first place, I'm thinking of changing from UTC to GMT (which looks to be affected by daylight savings time, whereas UTC does not) and including a checkbox on the popup to indicate whether it's DST or not. A button will also be placed on their profile (only seen if it's the user's own profile and not while viewing someone else's profile) where they can use it to adjust their timezone, via the same popup. Their current timezone setting and DST setting (once implemented) would be saved to a key so that user's time can be pulled from the key data and display the appropriate time in their MP.
Is something like this even doable with a plugin? If not, then there's no point in me even trying to make an attempt on this - hence why I'm looking to see if this is possible in the first place.
Thanks to any who reply.
