Re: Weird Cookie Problem - your answer
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I'll give it a try tonight, but I still have questions... If this were a daylight savings issue, wouldn't the server only not set cookies for that hour? Mine seems to not work for the 6 hours before midnight. So my code would look like this?: [format days_to_date %A, %d-%b-%Y][math]{[date]}+{00/01/0000}[showif [math]{[time]}+{06:00:00}[showif [date %Z]=CST]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]<[math]{06:00:00}[showif [date %Z]=CST]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]]+{00/01/0000}[/showi][math][/format][mat h time]{[time]}+{06:00:00}[showif [date %Z]=CST]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math] GMT on 4/25/07 10:38 AM, Terry Wilson at terry@terryfic.com wrote: > Eddie, > > I'm just catching up with the list, and I'm surprised nobody has come > to your rescue yet with the right answer. I guess nobody is using > short term cookies. I use them on all my login sites - 30 minute and > 1-day cookies. And over time, I finally figured it out and put > together code that works. It's all about daylight savings time, and > for the 30-min, time zone adjustment. > > Anyway, the logic is that you are setting cookies at GMT, so you have > to anticipate what the actual time is there too, and GMT knows > nothing of daylight savings time. It must be correct, and allow for > daylight savings time. > > A time zone check to confirm the right daylight savings status will > adjust your hour forward or back one hour as needed. Assuming you are > on Eastern Time, use this for the time part: > > [math time]{[time]}+{05:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=EDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math] GMT > > If you want to play with shorter cookies, then the date needs to be > adjusted as well. This is the complete code for the "expires" > parameter for a 1-day cookie on Pacific time. Adjust as necessary > for your own time zone. Heck, it even allows for the turn of 12/31 to > 1/1. (In fact, I made it into a function, so I only have to insert a > simple tag for it.) > > [format days_to_date %A, %d-%b-%Y][math]{[date]}+{00/01/0000}[showif > [math]{[time]}+{08:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=PDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]<[math]{08:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=PDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]]+{00/01/0000}[/showif][/math][/format] > [math time]{[time]}+{08:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=PDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math] GMT > > Hope this helps! > Terry ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I'll give it a try tonight, but I still have questions... If this were a daylight savings issue, wouldn't the server only not set cookies for that hour? Mine seems to not work for the 6 hours before midnight. So my code would look like this?: [format days_to_date %A, %d-%b-%Y][math]{[date]}+{00/01/0000}[showif [math]{[time]}+{06:00:00}[showif [date %Z]=CST]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]<[math]{06:00:00}[showif [date %Z]=CST]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]]+{00/01/0000}[/showi][math][/format][mat h time]{[time]}+{06:00:00}[showif [date %Z]=CST]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math] GMT on 4/25/07 10:38 AM, Terry Wilson at terry@terryfic.com wrote: > Eddie, > > I'm just catching up with the list, and I'm surprised nobody has come > to your rescue yet with the right answer. I guess nobody is using > short term cookies. I use them on all my login sites - 30 minute and > 1-day cookies. And over time, I finally figured it out and put > together code that works. It's all about daylight savings time, and > for the 30-min, time zone adjustment. > > Anyway, the logic is that you are setting cookies at GMT, so you have > to anticipate what the actual time is there too, and GMT knows > nothing of daylight savings time. It must be correct, and allow for > daylight savings time. > > A time zone check to confirm the right daylight savings status will > adjust your hour forward or back one hour as needed. Assuming you are > on Eastern Time, use this for the time part: > > [math time]{[time]}+{05:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=EDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math] GMT > > If you want to play with shorter cookies, then the date needs to be > adjusted as well. This is the complete code for the "expires" > parameter for a 1-day cookie on Pacific time. Adjust as necessary > for your own time zone. Heck, it even allows for the turn of 12/31 to > 1/1. (In fact, I made it into a function, so I only have to insert a > simple tag for it.) > > [format days_to_date %A, %d-%b-%Y][math]{[date]}+{00/01/0000}[showif > [math]{[time]}+{08:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=PDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]<[math]{08:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=PDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math]]+{00/01/0000}[/showif][/math][/format] > [math time]{[time]}+{08:00:00}[showif [date > %Z]=PDT]-{01:00:00}[/showif][/math] GMT > > Hope this helps! > Terry ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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