I hate Timezones (and maybe Daylight Savings as well)

Posted by Lee under Programming

No I wasn’t late for a meeting due to differing timezones, but it is official I hate dealing with timezones - infact it was from the first day I had to do any programming related to timezones that I hated working with them.

A lot of these problems stem from building websites (more specifically our Breeze CMS) that need to cater for visitors that can visit from different timezones and need to see data being shown in their current time. You can also face issues if your hosting provider is located outside of your timezone. But not to worry - we have come up with some solutions to these problems as I have spent forever trying to get my head around the issues we have faced.
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Handy unknown feature in PHP function explode()

Posted by Lee under Programming

I accidentally came across a mighty handy feature in the PHP explode() function today whilst doing an update to Breeze CMS that I cannot see documented anywhere. It certainly saved me what would have been a full re-write or reconsideration of the function I was writing! Read the rest of this entry »