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The default '''[[Timezones|Timezone]] (tz)''' for users who have not specified a custom offset may be configured manually.
==Primary Method==
*Create a backup copy of the LocalSettings.php file found in your install directory
*Edit LocalSettings.php and add the following code:
<pre>
#Set Default Timezone
$wgLocaltimezone = "America/Los_Angeles";
$oldtz = getenv("TZ");
putenv("TZ=$wgLocaltimezone");
$wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600;
putenv("TZ=$oldtz");
</pre>
*Set the '$wgLocaltimezone' value to the proper value which you can find [http://www.theprojects.org/dev/zone.txt here]. ''See examples below.''
<pre>
$wgLocaltimezone = "Europe/London";
$wgLocaltimezone = "Asia/Taipei";
</pre>
''Note: This timezone will be used in:
*<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> signatures
*timestamps in recentchanges
*timestamps in history''
''Note: Upload and deletion logs will probably still be listed in UTC''<br>
''Note: This method has been confirmed to work on MediaWiki: 1.5.6.''
==Unconfirmed Methods==
*If you just want to use the local time of your PC, you can just add this line in your LocalSettings.php:
$wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600;
----
*To use your local time zone (say NZDT) put this in LocalSettings.php
$wgLocalTZoffset = 13;
----
* In my case the primary method did not take daylight savings time into account. The next example works for me:
<pre>
#Set Default Timezone
$wgLocaltimezone = "Europe/Amsterdam";
#Calculate the timezone offset with UTC
$oldtz = getenv("TZ");
putenv("TZ=$wgLocaltimezone");
$wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600 + Date("I");
putenv("TZ=$oldtz");
</pre>
''Note: The methods in this section are unconfirmed and may not work properly.''
[[category:time]]
[[Category:Uncategorized]]
The default '''[[Timezones|Timezone]] (tz)''' for users who have not specified a custom offset may be configured manually.
==Primary Method==
*Create a backup copy of the LocalSettings.php file found in your install directory
*Edit LocalSettings.php and add the following code:
<pre>
#Set Default Timezone
$wgLocaltimezone = "America/Los_Angeles";
$oldtz = getenv("TZ");
putenv("TZ=$wgLocaltimezone");
$wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600;
putenv("TZ=$oldtz");
</pre>
*Set the '$wgLocaltimezone' value to the proper value which you can find [http://www.theprojects.org/dev/zone.txt here]. ''See examples below.''
<pre>
$wgLocaltimezone = "Europe/London";
$wgLocaltimezone = "Asia/Taipei";
</pre>
''Note: This timezone will be used in:
*<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> signatures
*timestamps in recentchanges
*timestamps in history''
''Note: Upload and deletion logs will probably still be listed in UTC''<br>
''Note: This method has been confirmed to work on MediaWiki: 1.5.6.''
==Unconfirmed Methods==
*If you just want to use the local time of your PC, you can just add this line in your LocalSettings.php:
$wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600;
----
*To use your local time zone (say NZDT) put this in LocalSettings.php
$wgLocalTZoffset = 13;
----
* In my case the primary method did not take daylight savings time into account. The next example works for me:
<pre>
#Set Default Timezone
$wgLocaltimezone = "Europe/Amsterdam";
#Calculate the timezone offset with UTC
$oldtz = getenv("TZ");
putenv("TZ=$wgLocaltimezone");
$wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600 + Date("I");
putenv("TZ=$oldtz");
</pre>
''Note: The methods in this section are unconfirmed and may not work properly.''
[[category:time]]
[[Category:Uncategorized]]
