I live in South Korea. But I have loads of friends in the US and elsewhere in the world. Additionally, sometimes I need to arrange Skype calls or meetings with someone in a different timezone, OR there is an online event that I really want to attend – in a different timezone.
I needed a way to quickly and easily convert from one date and time in a particular timezone to another. (I hate Googling it every time, or looking up timezone tables and doing mental math.) What I really wanted was something I could just point, click, submit and have it spit out the relevant time for me in my timezone. So, I created this plugin which does just that.
Requires WordPress 3.5 and PHP 5.4 or later.
Special Features
- Automatically defaults to your current date, time, and timezone based on your WordPress General Settings
- Allows you to select a City or Manual UTC offset for conversion in the same way the WordPress General Settings Page does
- Uses a special jQuery calendar popup for easy date selection
- Only allows one instance of the Converter to run on a Page at one time
Notes
- Multiple widgets are allowed at once (on the same Post/Page)
- Multiple shortcodes (on the same Post/Page) are disabled – multiple shortcodes will display only ONE form
- On Posts/Pages with a shortcode, the widget will be disabled
Planned Upcoming Features
- AJAX form submission to prevent page reload
- Ability to give the shortcode a specific date and time (like for an Event you’re promoting) that will set as the default for the Converter on that particular Page
- Ability to change the color of the form (shortcode) or converted result (widget)
- Possibly allow users to select whether or not to display multiple forms in shortcodes and/or widgets
Translations
- English (EN) – default
- Korean (KO) – upcoming
If you want to help translate the plugin into your language, please have a look
at the .pot file which contains all definitions and may be used with a [gettext]
editor.
If you have created your own language pack, or have an update of an existing one, you can send your [gettext .po or .mo file] to me so that I can bundle it in the plugin.
Contact Me
If you have questions about, problems with, or suggestions for improving this plugin, please let me know at the WordPress.org support forums
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Support
Click here to visit the forum for this plugin
Acknowledgements
This plugin uses:
- jQuery UI Datepicker licensed under MIT License or GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2
- World Map image (in the banner) from Dmthoth on Wikipedia
License
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA