[TYPO3-dev] Time issues - a proposal

[Franz Koch]

Hi,

> I want to introduce a new variable to be used for access control. It 
> drops the seconds from the current time as access control doesn't use 
> seconds. The point is to give Mysql the chance to cache the query, which 
>  is nearly impossible with clauses like "endtime > 
> $GLOBALS['SIM_EXEC_TIME']".
> 
> $ACCESS_TIME = $EXEC_TIME - ($EXEC_TIME % 60);
> $SIM_ACCESS_TIME = $SIM_ACCESS_TIME;

+1 for that

> And I want a new option to store all timestamps in UTC/GMT. Therefor 
> t3lib_div gets two new functions.

As much as I know the developers of 'cal' tried to find a solution for 
that. Maybe you might get in contact with them.

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Greetings,
Franz Koch