[Mediawiki-l] how to set time zone?

Wed May 10 12:54:34 UTC 2006

Some documentation from includes/DefaultSettings.php:

/**
 * Fake out the timezone that the server thinks it's in. This will be used for
 * date display and not for what's stored in the DB. Leave to null to retain
 * your server's OS-based timezone value. This is the same as the timezone.
 *
 * This variable is currently used ONLY for signature formatting, not for
 * anything else.
 */
# $wgLocaltimezone = 'GMT';
# $wgLocaltimezone = 'PST8PDT';
# $wgLocaltimezone = 'Europe/Sweden';
# $wgLocaltimezone = 'CET';
$wgLocaltimezone = null;

/**
 * Set an offset from UTC in hours to use for the default timezone setting
 * for anonymous users and new user accounts.
 *
 * This setting is used for most date/time displays in the software, and is
 * overrideable in user preferences. It is *not* used for signature timestamps.
 *
 * You can set it to match the configured server timezone like this:
 *   $wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600;
 *
 * If your server is not configured for the timezone you want, you can set
 * this in conjunction with the signature timezone and override the TZ
 * environment variable like so:
 *   $wgLocaltimezone="Europe/Berlin";
 *   putenv("TZ=$wgLocaltimezone");
 *   $wgLocalTZoffset = date("Z") / 3600;
 *
 * Leave at NULL to show times in universal time (UTC/GMT).
 */
$wgLocalTZoffset = null;

Therefore, the change in $wgLocaltimezone will only influence the 
signature (it *should* also influence the magic words, but it doesn't; 
see http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5727); you should also 
change $wgLocalTZoffset to influence the other parts of the interface, 
including the "lastmodified" line.

If you type "~~~~~" in the Main Page, preview it, and get the right 
timezone - you've configured $wgLocaltimezone right.

Gart, Mitchell wrote:

>At the bottom of pages, the modification date is in GMT and not my local
>time zone:
>
>   This page was last modified 19:57, 9 May 2006.
>
>- Mitch
> 
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>>From: "Todd Pederzani" <todd.pederzani at gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] how to set time zone?
>>To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list"
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>>On 5/9/06, Gart, Mitchell <MGart at kronos.com> wrote:
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>>>it didn't do anything.
>>>      
>>>
>>Where are you looking for the change?  Per my read of the 
>>documentation, the
>>only display of time this affects is the one in the --~~~ signatures.
>>
>>--
>>Todd Pederzani
>>todd.pederzani at gmail.com
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