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Perch Timezones and Shop

I've set my time zone via define('PERCH_TZ', 'Australia/Perth');, and diagnostics report that as working.

However whenever a Perch order is completed, the successful order status date displays as UTC time.
Winston Grace

Winston Grace 0 points

  • 3 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

Where are you seeing that?
Winston Grace

Winston Grace 0 points

3 years ago

In the 'Orders' page of the Perch shop control panel, and on my confirmation order screen using:

perch_shop_order_items(
    perch_shop_successful_order_id()
);

Extended diagnostics show:

PERCH_TZ: Australia/Perth
PERCH_DATE_SHORT: %F
PERCH_TIME_SHORT: %I:%M %P
Winston Grace

Winston Grace 0 points

3 years ago

Latest order taken about 15 minutes ago, but its 7:45pm here in Perth, Australia.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

Is your server in the same timezone specified in your config file?
Winston Grace

Winston Grace 0 points

3 years ago

No, it would be located in Melbourne, Australia – about 3 hours ahead of Perth, Australia.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

Ok, I'll take a look at it.
Winston Grace

Winston Grace 0 points

3 years ago

Thanks.

If it helps, phpinfo.php gives the servers default timezone as UTC, and echoing the date in a PHP file shows UTC.

And heres some strange things when creating a brand new page:

  • Looking on the 'Dashboard' in Perch shows the date as it should be set: Perth, Australia.
  • Looking at the regions when editing the page shows 3 hours ahead of that, which I assume is Melbourne time, where the server is located.
  • Everywhere else, like 'Orders' (which is my main concern) shows UTC.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

Great, thanks, I'll take a look.