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  • rpvw
    To see the time on the server, you could use a simple PHP call [php] [/php] [LIST]
  • h - 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros (01 to 12)
  • i - Minutes with leading zeros (00 to 59)
  • s - Seconds with leading zeros (00 to 59)
  • a - Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem (am or pm) Note that the PHP date() function will return the current date/time of the server! If you are trying to serve time sensitive adds, you will really need the time on the computer of the person that is calling the page - here is a Javascript that might get you started

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  • 24x7server
    Hi, As far as I know if you use PHP codes to get the information, the timezone will be as per what is set in the PHP application that your host has provided to you, but not sure if the exact server time will be displayed in it or not. Create a phpinfo in your account and check what timezone your PHP application is configured with.. However, if you want to know the server time, then you may have to contact your host once to cross reference it with the PHP timezone..
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  • rpvw
    24x7server is correct To see what timezone your PHP has set, you could use a code like [php] [/php] However, the time and timezone on the server is somewhat irrelevant if you are serving advertisements that must follow a watershed time for age suitability. Unless your advertisements can only be seen from one place (eg from a public wi-fi zone - and if this were the case I have to wonder why you would be using a public facing hosting service), you need to know the time on the end users computer, not your server, to be able to decide to serve a particular advertisement or not. The only way I know to do this is by using JavaScript to interrogate the end users computer time (and hope they have it correctly set), and then you can eg set a cookie, and read that back into your PHP code to decide what adds to serve. This is full of complications involving page refreshes and possibly hidden frames, and is inherently unreliable, as it is completely dependant on the end user browser settings ......... well no one said it was going to be easy :eek: The safe way of serving age suitable adds, is to know the end users age via some sign-up/sign-in with proof of age process - if you can get that to work securely and properly, with no possibility of spoofing the users age, and without falling foul of data protection laws, you will make a fortune since no one has actually achieved it yet ! Whilst I personally find all of this intensely interesting, it really has nothing to do with cPanel, and you may get better help from a more suitable forum like Stack Overflow - Where Developers Learn, Share, & Build Careers
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello, The previous posts should help. Let us know if you have any additional questions. Thank you.
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  • Please enter the name
    thx I dont see that someone replay to my tread. normally i should get an E-Mail?!
    To see the time on the server, you could use a simple PHP call [php] [/php] [LIST]
  • h - 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros (01 to 12)
  • i - Minutes with leading zeros (00 to 59)
  • s - Seconds with leading zeros (00 to 59)
  • a - Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem (am or pm) Note that the PHP date() function will return the current date/time of the server! If you are trying to serve time sensitive adds, you will really need the time on the computer of the person that is calling the page - here is a Javascript that might get you started


  • The time is correct on the Webserver... - Removed - The Script look interesting but I dont care about the Time on the local Device. I just care about the right in my Country who say between X - Y Hours I can show quite everything.
    However, if you want to know the server time, then you may have to contact your host once to cross reference it with the PHP timezone..

    I will make sure where the problem start and why "Bad" Add would appear when the should not be there. So see if the Time right or not is my first step. In my Test scenario I use the Revive Add Server who should show the add just between a certain time. The Youth Protection think (I know i have miss spelled it) is just a demo to see if it work or not and now I see the dont work. Its hard to talk about the "Ads" Theme with someone because nobody want share there "secrets" or whatever. Beside of the thinks we could not solve by our own could there any reason or wrong setting why the Revive get an Wrong time? I dont know wrong Time Zone somewhere in the system?
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  • Infopro
    New thx I dont see that someone replay to my tread. normally i should get an E-Mail?!

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  • cPanelMichael
    Beside of the thinks we could not solve by our own could there any reason or wrong setting why the Revive get an Wrong time? I dont know wrong Time Zone somewhere in the system?

    Hello, If the test PHP script shows the correct time, then it suggests the issue is with the specific script you are using. You may want to check with the support team of the script you are using to see if there are any hard-coded or configurable options related to the time zone that you can adjust. Thank you.
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  • Please enter the name
    I use the Revive Add Server this is a "Standalone" Installation like Joomla, PHPBbb Forum,... and other stuff you might know. So when I know that the Time on the Server is correct the Revive Add Server do something weired. THX to everyone here.
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  • rpvw
    Please see this page from the Revive Adserver documentation: Warnings About date_default_timezone_get() documentation.revive-adserver.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=9043990 You may be able to edit the timezone for your hosting package if your server is running EA4, and your hosting provider has enabled the features For more information please see
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  • Please enter the name
    The installation run without any problems. I will try it next week. The Server would show no Adult Content! The local time is 10:38! There run something very wrong.
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  • Please enter the name
    I will use that: Time Delivery Rules - Revive Adserve documentation.revive-adserver.com/display/DOCS/Time+Delivery+Rules
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