How do I find out what "time" Vbulletin uses?

[sub_ubi]

I am trying to find a problem user, and am using "user search" to narrow down the list. However, in order to narrow the list, I need to include times in my search Specifically:

Join Date is Before(yyyy-mm-dd)

Last Visit is After(yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss)


The problem is, another admin (who has a different time set up in his profile than me) and I are coming up with different results. We both enter the times according to what vbulletin shows us (using the times of certain posts).

What is the official time Vbulletin uses for User Search, and how do I find out the time? Also, does it use military 24 hour time?

[Scott MacVicar]

It uses the 24 hour clock and the time is offset to the particular user. If the two admins are in different timezones it will compensate so you'll see the time in your native timezones.

[sub_ubi]

Actually that's not true, it's why we were getting different results. The times when you use "search user" completely ignore your profile time.

Anyway, I found out it uses the default time you set in vbulletin -> options, no matter what time you have in your profile.

This is for the outdated version 3.0.3, it's probably been fixed, but just in case it hasn't thought I'd let you know.

[Alastor]

I'm having the same issue. I just set up my boards and got a new user. I wanted to see what time he made his post.

I have the time set to GMT -7 (Mountain standard time) which is where I am at. The problem is that it says he made the post today at 20:18 - which is 8:18 PM...

And it's only 2:30 PM here now.

So... What the Hell? How do I set the time on this bad boy?

[Steve Machol]

vBulletin gets its time from the server. You need to set the timezone and DST settings in the Admin CP to match the timezone of the server your forums are running on. Then each user needs to set their local timezones/DST in the User CP. If you do this correctly and the server time is correct, then the correct times will show.

[Alastor]

Thank you, Steve. That did the trick.

[Alastor]

Might I propose in the future that we just have an option to tell the boards what time it really is? I had to call my host to get the physical location of his server... Was sort of a pain.

Is it feasible for us to just tell the boards what time it is and go from there in the future?

It's something that should be considered I think. A very simple, "Please tell the boards what time it is where you are at, and where are you by the way?" Doing that during the set-up would be ultra easy for the user I think.

[Polish Guy]

Not trying to hijack the thread, but I have a similar issue.

I have my forum's time set through the ACP -> VB Options -> Date and Time Settings.

The time option selected is -5GMT (Eastern time zone).

Now my problem is my board is ~20-21 minutes fast and growing faster by a fraction over a period of time. Now, is there a way to resest whatever clock the forum feeds off of? It certainly isn't getting the time from my computer, nor that of my users (logged in or not) as they are in the same boat and I'm just confused where to start.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

It is getting the time from the server. You might need to contact your host about the server time running fast.

[Zachery]

It gets the time from the server, period. If the time is off the servers time is off.