Subj : Re: Message Timezones
To   : douray
From : Tracker1
Date : Fri Apr 08 2022 09:45:38

On 4/6/22 00:33, douray wrote:
 > This just so happens to coincide with a project I have been working
 > on.  I came across this HTML code that is supposed to display the
 > visitors approximate location based on their IP address.  However,
 > whenever I use it, the result is always Roswell, NM (weird on many
 > different levels...lol).
 >
 > Does anyone have any idea where I may be going wrong or what I can do
 > to fix it?  Below is the HTML code:

GeoIP services generally suck... You might find better luck/accuracy 
with other services.

https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/16965/ip-geolocation

Maxmind has about the best results from my experience (about 5-6 years 
ago at this point), I would take a look at a few services.

Since timezones are pretty big, likely best to use a preset based on 
geoip, but allow the user to override... set a cookie in their browser, 
and or attached to the user account and use that instead if set.
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