get the GMT time

[Desaster]

as the title says how I can get the GMT time of a player ?

[Renkon]

GMT time is equal for EVERYBODY

[codeluaeveryday]

I've done some research for you, and I found that the best way to achieve this would to use a public API. I was thinking of using it with a Unix timestamp of the local computers time to find a near accurate timezone, or we could use an ip address, or we could use both to get a more accurate GMT result.

I have found the best API for this job, I have used them before with old projects. You will need to register an account and recieve your API key first:

1) Getting an API key from IPInfoDB

A) Goto http://ipinfodb.com/register.php

B) Fill in the details on the register page and click register.

C) You will need to go to your email to confirm your account.

D) When you log-in you will now see your API Key at the bottom of the grey box, keep that somewhere, we will need it shortly.

EXAMPLE: API Key aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

addEventHandler('onPlayerJoin', root, 
function() 
    -- Trigger GMT request 
    local theIP = getPlayerIP(source) 
    local theKey = 'MYKEYHERE' 
    local apiURL = 'http://api.ipinfodb.com/v3/ip-city/?key='..theKey..'&ip='..theIP..'&format=json' 
     
    fetchRemote(apiURL, gmtData, "", false, source) 
end ) 
  
function gmtData(data, response, player) 
    local data = '['..data..']' 
    local theData = fromJSON(data) 
    if theData then 
        setElementData(player, 'timezone', theData['timeZone']) 
    else 
        outputDebugString('Error parsing data') 
    end 
end 

^^ Tested and works, make sure you put your API key in it. To read it just use getElementData.

[Desaster]

hmmm work / and don't work

I get a false result

result:

- 

[Desaster]

what now ??

[codeluaeveryday]

Have you put the key in? it works for me.

local theKey = 'MYKEYHERE' 

edit MYKEYHERE with the key from that site I sent.

[Desaster]

I already did but I just get that result

[codeluaeveryday]

send me a PM of the script you've written down, make sure this is server sided.