Which timezone does the WP DB Backup use?

  • Hi all

    I am confused as to which timezone I should be using in the Scheduled Backup field. I am in Brisbane, Australia timezone (AEST)and my website is hosted by a Hostgator server in the Dallas US (CDT). I have ‘Brisbane’ time set in my WP > General Settings. My web support tech lives in California so I wish to choose a weekly scheduled backup time that it is unlikely either of us would be making site changes (e.g. 4.00am PDT; = 9.00pm AEST; = 11.00am UTC). No matter which of these date/times I put in the scheduled backup field it doesn’t seem to align with any of the others.
    I would greatly appreciate some advice of what timezone does WP DB Backup use in the ‘scheduled’ field.

    Cheers
    David

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  • It will depend upon your server time zone.

    Thread Starter Alcohemy

    (@alcohemy)

    Thank you.
    A strange thing happens though when I enter a date & time into the Scheduled Backup ‘Change’ field… It changes to another time when I press save. It is if I am entering in it in one timezone and it auto calculates to another.
    Any suggestion on what is happening?
    Cheers, David.

    I am not getting, can you kindly share some snapshot?

    Thread Starter Alcohemy

    (@alcohemy)

    Thank you for your continued interest.
    I have taken a short video/audio capture of what i am doing which shows the time change after saving. I attempt to save the scheduled backup time as CDT (my host server time in Dallas) though it keeps changing.
    I appreciate your advice.
    Cheers, David
    Video at https://alcohemy.com/?p=1406

    Thread Starter Alcohemy

    (@alcohemy)

    I added the video to my site library and due to my site default page template it cuts some of the screen off. You will have to right-click and select full screen once it begins to play to see full screen… sorry.

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