After you configure the General
options that I discuss in the
preceding section, you can use the
last section of the General Settings
page to set your local time, so that
your blog posts are published with a
time stamp in your own time zone no
matter where in the world you are.
Use the following options to
establish your settings in this
area.
✓
Timezone section: Choose your
UTC time from the drop-down menu.
This setting refers to the number of
hours that your local time differs
from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
This setting ensures that all your
blog posts and comments left on your
blog are time-stamped with the
correct time. If youre lucky enough,
like me, to live on the frozen
tundra of Wisconsin, which is in the
Central time zone (CST), you would
choose -6 from the drop-down menu
because that time zone is 6 hours
off UTC.
If youre unsure what your UTC time
is, you can find it at the Greenwich
Mean Time (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com)
Web site. GMT is essentially the
same thing as UTC.
The Timezone option doesnt update
automatically for daylight saving
time (DST). If you live in an area
of the world that practices DST, you
have to update the Timezone option
manually when it occurs.
✓
Date Format: Select how you
want to display the date. The
default format is F j, Y (F = the
full month name; j = the two-digit
day; Y = the four-digit year), which
gives you the output of January 1,
2008. Select a different format by
clicking the circle to the left of
the option. You can also customize
the date display by selecting the
Custom option and entering your
preferred format in the text box
provided. You can found out how to
customize the date format here:
http://codex.word press.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time.
✓
Time Format: Select how you
want to display the time. The
default format is g:i a (g = the
two-digit hour; i = the two-digit
minute; a = lowercase ante meridiem
and post meridiem, or a.m. or p.m.),
which gives you the output of 12:00
a.m. Select a different format by
clicking the circle to the left of
the option. You can also customize
the date display by selecting the
Custom option and entering your
preferred format in the text box
provided; find out how at http://codex.wordpress.org/
Formatting_Date_and_Time.
You can format the time and date
in several ways. Go to http://us3.
php.net/date to find potential
formats at the PHP Web site.
✓
Week Starts On: From the
drop-down menu, choose the day the
week starts in your calendar. The
display of the calendar in the
sidebar of your blog is optional. If
you choose to display the calendar,
you can select the day of the week
you want your calendar to start
with.
Click the Save Changes button at the
bottom of any page where you set new
options. If you dont click Save
Changes, your settings arent saved,
and WordPress reverts to the
previous options. Each time you
click the Save Changes button,
WordPress reloads the current page,
displaying the new options that you
just set.
