XF 2.0 Server time issues after upgrade from 1.5 to 2.0

[SuperJETT]

I've had occasional issues where Xenforo thinks things were posted in the future and won't allow members (or me) to post until xxxxx seconds have elapsed.

I just checked server time with a php script and it's reporting that current time in my timezone is actually 12.5 hours in the past. I'm Eastern time zone US, so UTC-5 currently.

This has to be a hosting issue, correct? I'm opening a support ticket with them but wanted to check in with the XF crew too.

 

[Chris D]

Yes, that would be a server config issue. Ideally the time should be synced to an NTP server to ensure accuracy. That's especially important for things like two step authentication to work correctly.

 

[SuperJETT]

Yeah, I created a php script and am getting:

Default server time zone - America/Los_Angeles
14/02/2018 == 07:56:16
Local time zone - America/Kentucky/Louisville
14/02/2018 == 10:56:16

Where the current time is 11:31:00 on 15/02/2018.

I've got a ticket opened, but it's strange how this has been intermittent since the update---possibly related to switching PHP versions and adding Curl?

 

[SuperJETT]

I was finally able to convince my hosting provider's tech that it was messed up and they fixed it.

 

[IGSteven]

@SuperJETT do you know how the resolved this as I'm also experiencing a sync_date issue with a forum I'm dealing with not sure what is the underlining cause as it seems to be the correct time relative to the UK

 

[SuperJETT]

I put in a ticket with my hosting provider---they had to handle it since it's a shared host and affects other sites. I didn't get a root cause from them.

 

[IGSteven]

I put in a ticket with my hosting provider---they had to handle it since it's a shared host and affects other sites. I didn't get a root cause from them.

ok, issue, what if I am my hosting provider?