How to add country specific time?

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December 9, 2022 at 6:34 PM #39642

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Hello,

I am working on a job listing site using Metabox. For the expiry date, I would like to add a time zone for the DateTime field. How can I do it?

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December 11, 2022 at 9:26 AM #39676

Peter
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Hello there,

The timezone is added to the value of the date or datetime field if you use the setting timestamp. Please read more on the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/fields/datetime/#settings

This field gets the current time of your local computer and converts it to the timestamp value. So the Unix timestamp saved is the "timezone (UTC) + offset".

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December 13, 2022 at 12:36 AM #39728

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Hi,

Thanks for providing the solution. I am a non-coder, so let me explain what I understood from your reply.
For example, if the job posting's last date is 13th December 2022, for a position in the USA. Since I am posting it from India, first I need to recalculate what would be date and time in India and the date and time should be entered as such. But, because I have opted for 'save time value as time stamp', even after me adding the last date according to India time, for a user viewing from the US would be accurate. because the option calculates the difference and shows the modified time.

Did I get it right?

now the question is, does this calculation get affected by VPN?

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another question: is there any way to show a countdown timer based on this value?

Thanks in advance

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December 14, 2022 at 9:04 PM #39782

Peter
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Hello,

Yes, the time will be saved to the database with the India timezone. I do not have a VPN to test, if you have one please test this on your own.

Meta Box does not support a countdown timer field, you can use a third party plugin such as https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-countdown/
to display a countdown on your site.

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