Setting event date and time broken

Hi,

I’m having the very same problem. Apparently, jquery.datetimepicker.js is not present on my system. The Apache log says:
File does not exist: .../wordpress/wp-content/plugins/event-post/js/jquery.datetimepicker.js

Peter

Sorry guys, missing file in the commit…

Now that you fixed it I see that you made some changes. However it is NOT an improvement. ??

I cannot select any minutes only hour in the time selector, this is a big problem for events that start/end on the half or quarter hour.

I understand that you are trying to simplify things, however you should not of removed and replace the date and time fields as it is the only way to enter odd time schedules like 10 min before the hour. Also it would be nice to have a blank/no time option for events that don’t have a specified time. Ex: There are many events that have a start time but no end time or events that run at more than one time slot during the day (because your plugin does not handle multiple days/times, it is better to show no time just the date).

Unfortunately I already lost a client because I could not post his events accurately over the long weekend.

Thank you for the quick fix (Re-add quarters in time) it is appreciated. I can at least now continue entering events into my site.

Suggestion

I really think that the quick pick should be for the date only and have a text field for the hour and another for the minutes. Entering the date manually can be tricky (that is why the date picker is a good thing), however time is easier to enter manually rather than scrolling through a long list of hours and minutes.

Something like this:

Start: [hh]:[mm] (_)pm

End: [hh]:[mm] (_)pm

If they don’t enter any time in the start or end time fields, then just don’t display that time field in the listings or display –:– if you must display something. Of course you will employ a filter to remove any invalid entries (ex: >23h or >59m)

Note: Not everyone understands the 24 hour clock. If they enter an hour greater than 12, automatically convert to 12 hour clock and select the ‘pm’. Of course behind the scenes and in the database you will likely continue to calculate, store and export the time in 24 hour format, however for entering and display using the 12 hour clock is preferred by most.

Your new Date/Time picker is still not behaving:

When I select 23:45 from the time picker it shows as 11:31?

Ok, after a long delay it decided to fix itself. I also noticed that it does not update the ‘end’ time (you can have the event end before it starts). Or maybe that also takes its time to fix itself (I haven’t waited long enough to see).

Your previous date and time picker worked so much better before you changed over to this new one, Why were you compelled to change it? (if it is not broken, don’t fix it)

Another problem with the new time picker…

It seems that it is using UTC time and not the local time, this has the potential to really confuse people. Like it did when my event set for the 13th said it starts tomorrow (today is the 11th).

I really like the plug-in, however your new changes are causing havoc on my site.

Hi here,

since version 3.7, there is an option that let choose the datepicker UI :
– actual one
– old one
– none

I like the ‘Separate’ option, thank you.

However how do you set the plugin to use the website LOCAL time, not UTC? My WordPress is set to Thunder Bay Time (EDT – Eastern Daylight Time), yet your plugin is treating the date and time as UTC. UTC is four hours ahead and five hours ahead when we switch from Daylight time to Standard time in November.

Myself and my users are entering local time not UTC time when using the plugin, then your plugin treats it as UTC and displays it as if it is UTC causing confusion and having events start and end four to five hours ahead of schedule.

Thank you for your feedback

Time zone should be better with v 3.8.1

Updated to the latest version and could not find any difference?

Still shows 4 hours in advance as UTC. Is there something different I need to do?

So… I’m not sure to understand were the problem is.

Can you give me an example:

– a post with the wrong date
– the expected date
– the parameter set in settings > general > local time

regards

I have emailed you screen shots of what is happening on my site with your plugin. Also I have re-enabled your log-in on my site so you can see for yourself what is going on and do some testing with your plugin on my site.

I have the same issue. I create an event to start at 12 noon. The human readable time in the description is 12 noon but when a client downloads the ical, google or outlook link the time is off by 5 hours.

My time zone for wordpress is set to UTC-5. Any suggestions?

My site where I am experiencing this problem is below.

BrightStreamTV

Ok,
so the problem does not affect the front any more, but just the export. am I wrong ?

so the problem does not affect the front any more, but just the export

No, the original problem is still ongoing. Your plugin still reporting and treating the time entered into it as UTC. I just dropped the ‘T’ in the Time format setting so it does not show the ‘UTC’.

Example: Time on my site says it is 6:41 am EST, time within your plugin says it is 6:41 am UTC