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Jul 4th 2017, 14:20 |
neon1024 |
Yes it’s identical |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:19 |
neon1024 |
Well you might be able to just make a beforeSave or something simple |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:19 |
birdy247 |
isnt this essentially the same thing? |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:19 |
neon1024 |
Jose said the same |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:19 |
neon1024 |
I just think the TimezoneAwareDateTime thing isn’t great code |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:19 |
neon1024 |
Then, https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/orm/database-basics.html#adding-custom-database-types |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:18 |
neon1024 |
https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/orm/saving-data.html#saving-complex-types |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:18 |
birdy247 |
behaviour? |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:18 |
birdy247 |
like what? |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:18 |
neon1024 |
Or make something better ;) |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:17 |
birdy247 |
and it should all work |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:17 |
neon1024 |
It’s all about the data type layer in CakePHP |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:17 |
birdy247 |
All I need to do is figure out how to make the "SOURCE" dynamic in that |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:17 |
neon1024 |
The timezone data type handles the conversion of user input data into UTC |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:17 |
birdy247 |
Its use case 1 I seem to go around in circles in |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:17 |
birdy247 |
just throw in the users timezone and UTC will display in their timezone |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:16 |
birdy247 |
thats easy |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:16 |
birdy247 |
2) is taken care of with i18nFormat |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:16 |
neon1024 |
2) Displaying UTC date times in a specific timezone |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:16 |
neon1024 |
1) Collecting data input from a user in a specified timezone and saving it as UTC |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:16 |
neon1024 |
You have two use-cases to solve. |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:15 |
birdy247 |
Do it in the entity instead? |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:15 |
neon1024 |
It’s pointing you in a direction which is contradictory to the use-case you’re trying to solve in my opinion |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:15 |
neon1024 |
You should delete the timezone aware class, it’s not helping you |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:15 |
neon1024 |
Sorry, but I can’t think of a better way to explain it :( |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:15 |
birdy247 |
so how would I make it more "dynamic" |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:14 |
neon1024 |
No it isn’t |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:14 |
birdy247 |
Thats the sticking point |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:14 |
neon1024 |
Hence why it’s a constant |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:14 |
neon1024 |
In my project I only had GMT |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:14 |
birdy247 |
Neither do I |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:14 |
neon1024 |
I don’t change it on the way out |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:14 |
birdy247 |
How do you know their source timezone? |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:13 |
neon1024 |
Yes, to convert inputted data into UTC |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:13 |
birdy247 |
? |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:13 |
birdy247 |
and you use the TimezoneAwareDateTime |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:13 |
neon1024 |
The user enters date times in their own timezone, and you save it as UTC |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:13 |
birdy247 |
So everyone has to enter in UTC? or the "Source" timezone? |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:12 |
neon1024 |
I only really used the datetime class in my CMS |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:12 |
neon1024 |
Which is why I restricted my timezone conversion to being on display |
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Jul 4th 2017, 14:12 |
birdy247 |
just the source |