time settings

Sure… Create one TopBar. Then use code like this in the PHP tab, in the BEFORE section.

You might need to adjust the logic in the statements to meet your requirements.

This will take the TopBar you create and modify the text being shown based on the DATE and TIME.

Let me know if this works for you,

Bob
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$d=date('w');  /* 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) */
$h=date('G');  /* 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros */
switch ($d) {
    case 1: /* Monday */
         $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Closed until Tuesday 10am';
         break;
    case 0: /* Sunday */
         if ($h > 22) {
            $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Closed until Tuesday 10am';
            break;
         }
     default:
        if ($h < 10) {
            $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Closed until 10am';
         }
        elseif ($h < 14) {
            $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Closed until 5pm';
         }
        elseif ($h < 20) {
            $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Rush hour - up to 1 hour wait';
         }
        elseif ($h < 23) {
            $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Open for business';
        }
        else
            if ($d == 6) {
                $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Closed until Tuesday 10am';
            }
            else {
                $wptbOptions['bar_text'] = 'Closed until 10am tomorrow';
            }
}

Hi Bob,

This works but it is a few hours off.
Maybe because of Timezone? What can be added to offset the time?

It is now 15:30 in Switzerland but TopBar shows ‘Closed until 10:00’
It should show ‘Closed until 17:00’

Thank you very much and best regards,
Willi

PS: I changed h to H to make it 24 hour format but it was also off with h before

If you go to the Debug tab, you’ll see a Time Check Section:
Mine looks like this:

Time Check:
Server Timezone: UTC
Current Time: 12/19/2015 08:24
Current Time (GMT): 12/19/2015 16:24
WordPress GMT Offset: -8

I’ve set my time (Shown as Current Time) to be pacific, where I live. Yours may be different. So, you’ll need to adjust the hours in the sample code to offset from your server time.

You should also check your WordPress time in WordPress|Settings|General.

A quick cheat might be to add this line as the last line in the code:

$wptbOptions['bar_text'] = $h;

This will just display the current hour in the TopBar text. Then you can just calculate the offset from your watch’s time and adjust the code as appropriate.

Last, you can set the default timezone in the sample code – see this for instructions: https://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Bob

Hi Bob,

You can mark this as resolved, it all works great.

Thanks again for your help
Willi