Datetime is not rendering per user's time Zone after saving

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May 16, 2024 at 8:36 AM #45436

lighterdayz
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I have custom fields start_time and end_time that are saved as time stamp. I am embedding the custom fields with field connections in Beaver Builder.

Example: [wpbb post:meta_box field='start_date' date_format='l, F j, Y g:i A']

The times are not showing correctly in other time zones. Here is the example of the page. The time is showing 1:00PM to 5:00PM in both Eastern US and Pacific US. https://abilityjobfair.org/june-13-2024-ability-job-fair/

What else can I do to have the proper time for each time zone?
Thank you!
Marge

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May 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM #45438

lighterdayz
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Edit: I had to change the page example in the orginal post because it was public. Here is a test page of the page. https://abilityjobfair.org/test876532hehgtgd/

Here is also a screen grap of the settings: https://app.screencast.com/gtgBxZACFGA1e

Any help to make these fields appear correctly in users time zones would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Marge

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May 16, 2024 at 10:17 PM #45444

Peter
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Hello,

I'm afraid that it isn't possible to show the proper time for each user's/visitor's time zone. The time is saved to the database and only displayed one time value.

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May 16, 2024 at 11:01 PM #45446

lighterdayz
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I thought the documentation says that is possible using UTC offset when saving as timestamp in the DB?

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May 18, 2024 at 3:06 PM #45462

Peter
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Yes, the time is saved to the database with the "timezone (UTC) + offset". But it doesn't mean displaying the proper time for each user's/visitor's time zone in the frontend, just the value in the database when saving the post.

Following the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/fields/datetime/

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