Getting tribe_get_events() to work with timezones

[James]

Hi everyone,

I’m retrieving a list of upcoming (and ongoing) events:

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London'); 
 
$now = new DateTime();
 
$events = tribe_get_events( array(
    'eventDisplay'   => 'upcoming',
    'start_date' => $now->format('y-m-d H:i')
) );
 
$event = new DateTime(tribe_get_start_date( null, true, "y-m-d H:i:s"));
$end = new DateTime(tribe_get_end_date( null, true, "y-m-d H:i:s"));

For tribe_get_events(), the cutoff for an event is if its end_date is before the above start_date.

Now here is my problem. This is the output I get:

$now: 15-12-19 04:54
$event: 15-12-19 03:00
$end: 15-12-19 06:00

As soon as $now reaches 05:00, this event disappears, no longer gets retrieved by tribe_get_events(). It should be cut off at 06:00 (the end time), but cuts off at 05:00.

Now this may be because I’m working in a particular timezone, Europe/London, which has a +1 offset. If this is the case, how do we get the function to adhere to timezones?

If that’s not the issue, what could it be?

Thanks!

[James]

Any help with this please?

[George]

Hey James,

We unfortunately cannot help with custom coding projects 🙁 Furthermore, our support hours are only Monday through Friday, and our goal is to get replies to folks within 24 hours. So apologies for the delayed response over the weekend!

Despite us not being able to help with custom code, I’m curious – why are you explicitly stating the timezone here instead of just letting WordPress handle the timezone? It’s odd to see you using date_default_timezone_set(‘Europe/London’) – why not just go to Settings > General in your site’s wp-admin and set the timezone there to London, and then remove this date_default_timezone_set() function call?

Thanks,
George

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