Timer is counting 1 hour more

Asked Dec 08 '15 at 03:52

Active Dec 08 '15 at 04:33

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I'm using a simple way to get a timer from the last action until now, with a cooldown to avoid exploit over a system I am programming.

I am using this formula:

$last_blood = $userRow['lastblood'];
$now_blood = time();
$cooldown_blood = 10800;
$timer_blood = $now_blood - $last_blood;
$next_blood = $cooldown_blood - $timer_blood;
$hours_blood = date("H:i:s", $next_blood);

The thing is that with 60M frame this cooldown system works like a charm, but this time I set it up to 10800 seconds (3 hours).

The $hours_blood keeps stating that I need to wait 1 more hour than the expected.

Results:

edited Dec 08 '15 at 04:33

Dan Lowe

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asked Dec 08 '15 at 03:52

Diogo Alpha

Please ignore the Last "m" and "s" they are Typos over the config. – Diogo Alpha Dec 08 '15 at 03:52
you should use [gmdate](http://php.net/manual/en/function.gmdate.php) or use `date_default_timezone_set('UTC')` – bansi Dec 08 '15 at 04:10
please elaborate. gmdate() instead of date() works like a charm add a answer so i can upvote you! However i would love to understand Why! – Diogo Alpha Dec 08 '15 at 04:11
date function uses local timezone to offset your timestamp, where gmdate uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) – bansi Dec 08 '15 at 04:14
Thanks @bansi i guess i can understand now – Diogo Alpha Dec 08 '15 at 04:15
you get better idea with [this post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3172332/convert-seconds-to-hourminutesecond) – bansi Dec 08 '15 at 04:16
Personally I use `date_default_timezone_set("UTC")` because screw timezones. – Niet the Dark Absol Dec 08 '15 at 04:37

Timer is counting 1 hour more

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