From 104de44dc5a6c40f0491c15621615f9cfcb85ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Rosenbaum <gnuser@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:38:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] This closes #25!

* Requires mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root mysql
---
 Connections/database_functions.php | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Connections/database_functions.php b/Connections/database_functions.php
index 01bdb0a..e045faa 100644
--- a/Connections/database_functions.php
+++ b/Connections/database_functions.php
@@ -477,6 +477,17 @@ function currency_format($value, $places = 2){
 	echo "$ "; 
 	if(is_null($value)) echo number_format(0,$places); 
 	else echo number_format($value,$places);
+}
+
+// function to set time zone in mysql.  
+// Time zones must be setup in mysql for this to work:  mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root mysql
+set_time_zone();
+function set_time_zone() {
+	global $database_YBDB, $YBDB;	
+    
+	mysql_select_db($database_YBDB, $YBDB);
+	$query = "SET time_zone='" . TIMEZONE  . "';";
+	$Recordset1 = mysql_query($query, $YBDB) or die(mysql_error());
 }
 
 //function to convert server time to local time.  To be used by all other current date / time requests.