Convert Main Admin Page to More Accurate Date/Time Format     2026/10/12
Ami Sapphire


Note: this is specifically for eFiction 3.5.5 and newer, as eFiction 3.5.3 and
  older do not utilize the Unix timestamp in this manner.


admin.php

Line 81

Original:

		$output .= write_message("Actual time: ". time() );
		$output .= write_message("Date format: " . $dateformat);
		$output .= write_message(date("$dateformat", time()));

Replace with (variant 1):

		$output .= write_message("Unix timestamp: ". time() );
		$output .= write_message("Date format: " . $dateformat);
		$output .= write_message("Time format: " . $timeformat);
		// Use this only if you formatted the time as "- [time]", e.g. '- H:i' or '- h:i a'
		//$output .= write_message("Time format: " . substr($timeformat, 2), 0);
		$output .= write_message("Server's time zone (long): " . date('e'));
		$output .= write_message("Server's time zone (short): " . date('T'));
		$output .= write_message("Today's date (local): ". date("$dateformat", time()));
		$output .= write_message("Today's date (GMT): ". gmdate("$dateformat", time()));
		$output .= write_message("Current time (local): ". date("$timeformat", time());
		$output .= write_message("Current time (GMT): ". gmdate("$timeformat", time());
		// Use these only if you formatted the time as "- [time]", e.g. '- H:i' or '- h:i a'
		//$output .= write_message("Current time (local): ". substr(date("$timeformat", time()), 2));
		//$output .= write_message("Current time (GMT): ". substr(gmdate("$timeformat", time()), 2));

Replace with (variant 2):

		$output .= write_message("Unix timestamp: ". time() );
		$output .= write_message("Date format: " . $dateformat);
		$output .= write_message("Time format: " . $timeformat);
		// Use this only if you formatted the time as "- [time]", e.g. '- H:i' or '- h:i a'
		//$output .= write_message("Time format: " . substr($timeformat, 2), 0);
		$output .= write_message("Server's time zone (long ⁓ short): " . date('e') . " ⁓ " . date('T'));
		$output .= write_message("Today's date (local ⁓ GMT): ". date("$dateformat", time()) ." ⁓ ". gmdate("$dateformat", time()) ."");
		$output .= write_message("Current time (local ⁓ GMT): ". date("$timeformat", time()) ." ⁓ ". gmdate("$timeformat", time()) ."");
		// Use this only if you formatted the time as "- [time]", e.g. '- H:i' or '- h:i a'
		//$output .= write_message("Current time (local ⁓ GMT): ". substr(date("$timeformat", time()), 2) ." ⁓ ". substr(gmdate("$timeformat", time()), 2) ."");