Extension:TimeZoneInfo
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 | This extension is currently not actively maintained! Although it may still work, any bug reports or feature requests will more than likely be ignored. |
 Release status: unmaintained |
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| Implementation | Tag |
| Description | Displays several types of information relating to timezones. |
| Author(s) | JohanTheGhost |
| Latest version | 1.0 |
| License | No license specified |
| Download | Version 1.0 |
What can this extension do?[edit]
This extension displays several types of useful (?) information relating to timezones. It is expected to be of some use in Wikis which serve a distributed community of users, where people want to know what time it is for other people.
Usage[edit]
The extension creates three new tags:
<tzchart>creates a timezone conversion chart<tztrans>displays standard <--> daylight time transitions<tzlist>produces a table of all known timezones
Time Zone Chart[edit]
The <tzchart> tag creates a conversion chart showing the relationships between a number of specified timezones. Timezones with fractional hour offsets (eg. India) are handled quite well.
The tag takes the following parameters:
- align=<table-alignment>
- passed to the generated table
- start=<hour>
- start the chart at the given UTC hour; default 0 (midnight UTC).
The tag text consists of the timezone list, one name per line. Each name may be followed by a user-friendly label, but this is currently unused.
Example:
<tzchart align=right start=2> America/Los_Angeles Europe/Paris Asia/Calcutta </tzchart>
Time Zone Transitions[edit]
The <tztrans> tag displays a table of standard <--> daylight time transitions for a number of specified timezones, making it easy to see when people in other countries will be changing their clocks.
The tag takes the following parameters:
- align=<table-alignment>
- passed to the generated table
The tag text consists of the timezone list, one name per line. Each name may be followed by a user-friendly label, which will be used in place of the zone name if supplied.
Example:
<tztrans align=right> America/Los_Angeles LA Europe/Paris Paris Asia/Calcutta India </tztrans >
Time Zone List[edit]
The <tzlist> tag produces a table of all known timezones, or zones whose names match a specified filter.
The tag takes the following parameters:
- filter=<filter-text>
- if supplied, only zones whose name contains the given string are shown.
Any text enclosed within the tag is ignored.
Example:
<tzlist filter="Atlantic/" />
Installation[edit]
- Download the extension code:
- Version 1.0: known to work with PHP 5 and MW 1.9; may work on PHP 4.
- Save the code in your wiki's
extensionsdirectory asextensions/TimeZoneInfo.php.
Changes to LocalSettings.php[edit]
require_once("$IP/extensions/TimeZoneInfo.php");