WB 2.8.2 - publishing time of news not working correctly

[VSG]

Hi guys!

Since my update to 2.8.2 I ran into slight problems when publishing news.
I usually write those in advance and publish them with a certain start date. Since I live here in Europe, and due to the daylight savings time, I have a GMT +2 setting currently in WB.

Now, when I enter time 8:30 as a start-date for the news, they won't show on the site before 10:30.
When I enter 6:30, they will show at 8:30 - but the news also shows 6:30 as its start-date, when it is published!

Since this worked like a charm in 2.8.1, I can't image it being a server-issue.
The GMT +2 is set in settings and user-settings for the user posting the news.

Any help would be appreciated.
Best regards,
VSG

PS: I already have the SP1 from 2011-09-01 installed!

[DarkViper]

known issue, we're working on it. 

[VSG]

Thanks! Looking forward to the next release .

Thanks to all developers for putting so much time and effort into this project!

Best regards,
VSG

[crnogorac081]

Hi,

go to AMASP site and download Addon File Editor or WebbasedEdit. Open /modules/news/view.php and replace time(); with time()+TIMEZONE;

cheers,
Ivan

[VSG]

Thanks crnogorac081!

Do I have to replace all iterations of time(); with time()+TIMEZONE; ?

There are five in total in the view.php.

Thanks in advance for the help!
Best regards,
VSG

[crnogorac081]

To be exact:

$t = time();

with

$t = time()+TIMEZONE;

there are only 2 of them (one for overview and one for exact news )

cheers,
Ivan

[VSG]

Ok, thanks for the quick help!

Best regards!
VSG

[VSG]

Hi guys!

Unfortunately this little fix described by crnogorac081 is not implemented in 2.8.3.

If there are any more updates for 2.8.x maybe you could incorporate it - I was wondering why my news didn't show up on time until I searched for this old thread and found the solution.

Otherwise 2.8.3 is running fine!
Best regards!
VSG

[crnogorac081]

Hi mate,

dont worry, just apply it yourself as I understood there is mass rewrite of news module, so I think that is reason why core/module devs didnt apply this yet..

cheers,
Ivan

[sky writer]

I'm using 2.8.1 and the original news schedule does not work on local time for me, nor does this fix.  My host is in another time zone, is that the issue?  If so, is there any way to make this work.

[crnogorac081]

Hi,

You should match your local timezone with the timezone settings. For example if you are in real timezone +1, and your host is in -1, you should set timezone to +2.. Check the time value in settings and play with timezone to match your current time..

cheers

[sky writer]

When I go to Settings and enter my local Timezone, the Time Format displays my local time correctly.
Same goes for Preferences Timezone.

So are you saying that I need to add/subtract my host's timezone to/from my timezone in Settings?  This would make all my actual times incorrect.

Sorry if I am not understanding.

[crnogorac081]

Yes, your host could set their settings to their local GMT +/- zone, and not to GMT-0  just apply in main Settings correct timezone value to match your local time..

cheers