pandorafms/pandora_console/include/help/en/help_timesource.php

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<?php
/**
* @package Include/help/en
*/
?>
<h1>Time Source</h1>
<p>
What source to use for the time. This can be (for now) either the local system (System) or database (Database).<br />
</p>
<p>
This is useful when your database is not on the same system as your webserver or your <?php echo get_product_name();?> servers.
In that case any time difference will miscalculate the time differences and timestamps.
You should use NTP to sync all your <?php echo get_product_name();?> servers and your MySQL server.
By using these preferences you don't have to sync your webserver but it's still recommended.
</p>
<p>
Feel free to implement more sources (eg: ntp, ldap, $_SERVER...).
</p>
<p>
Note: The database query will be cached the first time it's called so the time will always be the same on a page load throughout, while System time is returned whenever the function is called, which might differ slightly (especially near the ending of a second).
</p>
<p>
These examples are all returning Unixtime
<script type="text/javascript">
var date = new Date; // Generic JS date object
var unixtime_ms = date.getTime(); // Returns milliseconds since the epoch
var unixtime = parseInt(unixtime_ms / 1000);
</script>
</p>
<p>
<?php
$option = array ("prominent" => "timestamp");
?>
<b>Current System time:</b> <?php ui_print_timestamp (time (), false, $option); ?>
<br />
<b>Current Database time:</b>
<?php
global $config;
switch ($config["dbtype"]) {
case "mysql":
$timestamp = db_process_sql("SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP();");
$timestamp = $timestamp[0]['UNIX_TIMESTAMP()'];
break;
case "postgresql":
$timestamp = db_get_value_sql("SELECT ceil(date_part('epoch', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP));");
break;
case "oracle":
$timestamp = db_process_sql("SELECT ceil((sysdate - to_date('19700101000000','YYYYMMDDHH24MISS')) * (86400)) as dt FROM dual");
$timestamp = $timestamp[0]['dt'];
break;
}
ui_print_timestamp ($timestamp, false, $option);
?>
<br />
<b>Your browser time:</b> <script type="text/javascript">document.write (date);</script>
</p>