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fixed for me , replied by ynzheng

ynzheng — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:00:21 +0000

//May-03-09 12:15:00 PDT
1.replace the regex expression:
var foo = str.match(/(\S\S\S)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)(\s+|\s+at\s+)(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)\s+PST/);

to:
var foo = str.match(/(\S\S\S)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)(\s+|\s+at\s+)(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)\s+(PDT|PST)/);

//May 03 2009 12:15:00 PDT
2.replace the Date constructor:
var d = new Date(foo[1] + ' ' + foo[2] + ' 20' + foo[3] + ' ' + foo[5] + " PST");

to:
var d = new Date(foo[1] + ' ' + foo[2] + ' 20' + foo[3] + ' ' + foo[5] + " " + foo[6]);

//Mon May 04 2009 03:15:00 GMT+0800
3.replace this:
var tzinfo = d.toString().match(/\((\S+)\)/);

to:
var tzinfo = d.toString().match(/(\S\S\S\+\d\d\d\d)/);

now it works for me ...

cheers

Archived Comments, replied by thewolrab

thewolrab — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:58:28 +0000

You know, I always wondered why eBay never provided the option to select your timezone. Quite an obvious thing to do really.

Thank you =]

Archived Comments, replied by Jeremiah Jones

Jeremiah Jones — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:33:45 +0000

I feel for Tommy, really.

Thanks so much for a great script. I appreciate the addons, too.

Archived Comments, replied by bestfacts

bestfacts — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:12:32 +0000

There's a new firefox addon (myTimeZone for eBay) which works for any time zone and automatically adjusts for DST:

https://addons.update.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...

Archived Comments, replied by Jacob Ford

Jacob Ford — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:45:10 +0000

This is a great idea, but how do I change it to my time zone (Eastern Time with daylight savings)? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Archived Comments, replied by mark bryan yu

mark bryan yu — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:48:35 +0000

if you want to retain eBay's date/time format mmm-dd-yy, add this function:

function convertMonth(x)
{
if (x == 1)
return "Jan";
if (x == 2)
return "Feb";
if (x == 3)
return "Mar";
if (x == 4)
return "Apr";
if (x == 5)
return "May";
if (x == 6)
return "Jun";
if (x == 7)
return "Jul";
if (x == 8)
return "Aug";
if (x == 9)
return "Sep";
if (x == 10)
return "Oct";
if (x == 11)
return "Nov";
if (x == 12)
return "Dec";
}

and change this line:

var dstr = d.getFullYear() + '-' + nf(d.getMonth() + 1) + '-' + nf(d.getDate()) + ' ' + nf(d.getHours()) + ':' + nf(d.getMinutes()) + ':' + nf(d.getSeconds()) + " " + tzinfo[1];

var dstr = convertMonth(d.getMonth() + 1) + '-' + nf(d.getDate()) + '-' + String(d.getFullYear()).substring(2) + ' ' + nf(d.getHours()) + ':' + nf(d.getMinutes()) + ':' + nf(d.getSeconds()) + " " + tzinfo[1];

Archived Comments, replied by mark bryan yu

mark bryan yu — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:27:58 +0000

Regarding Tommy's bug report. The script doesn't handle Day Light Saving Time and PST is hardcoded in the script. To fix this:

replace the regex expression to:

var foo = str.match(/(\S\S\S)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)(\s+|\s+at\s+)(\d\d:\d\d:\d\d)\s+(PDT|PST)/);

and replace the Date constructor to:

var d = new Date(foo[1] + ' ' + foo[2] + ' 20' + foo[3] + ' ' + foo[5] + " " + foo[6]);

hope this helps

Archived Comments, replied by Tommy Jensen

Tommy Jensen — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:50:23 +0000

Great idea and a welcome addon but It really doesn't change anything for me. All times on ebay.com are still in PDT.

Archived Comments, replied by Jesse Andrews

Jesse Andrews — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 01:05:54 +0000

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