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Posted by OPwebmaster at Jun 2, 2015, 4:11:28 AM
Re: Calendar dates missing
Marc:

I think I have found the problem with the 'Today' text color that I have been frustrated about in this thread. That is the good news. The bad news is, it is a Localendar problem, so you have to fix it!

As you said in an earlier thread, the 'Today' BACKGROUND color will be determined by the home time zone of the user. To be specific, it is the Windows Date & Time function on a person's computer. I confirmed that by changing the current date several times on my Windows Date & Time function, and the Localendar 'Today' background color always moved with the change. But the text color never did.

What I found was, the text color changes NOT with the home time zone of the user, but with GMT. And in an different thread, you said the Localendar servers now run on GMT time. Where I live, 8 PM EDT=0 GMT (or midnight). I have tested my conclusion for several days by observing what my Localendar does at 8 PM EDT. Sure enough, as soon as I pass 8 PM EDT/0 GMT, the text color changes.

Example:
May 27 (both EDT & GMT). 'Today' background is dark gray, and text is white (my color settings for 'Today'). May 28 background is white, and text is black (my color settings for weekdays).
May 28 GMT & May 27 EDT. May 28 background is still white but text has been changed to white, so the text is invisible. May 27 background is still dark gray, but text has been changed to black, so text is almost invisible. The clickable link to the Day calender is still functional, you just cannot see the text.
May 28 (both EDT & GMT). 'Today' background is dark gray, and text is white. May 29 background is white, and text is black.

As I said in an earlier post in this thread, you can see this effect on weekdays on your Special Effects (2) Localendar as well as on my website Calendar page: http://www.ottawapark.org/calendar-ottawa-park-toledo.html. Assuming your local time zone is not 0 GMT, look as either of these two Localendars just before and after 0 GMT and also just before and after midnight your local time. You will see the problem.

You mentioned that you had not had complaints about this. It takes a specific set of circumstances. The 'Today' text color one picks must be identical or very close to the background color of your weekdays, and the background color of 'Today' must be identical or very close to the text color of your weekdays. That condition is met for both my website Localendar and your Special Effects (2). Also, the greater the times difference between the home time zone of the user and GMT, the broader the time span for someone to see the problem.

Please check into this. If I need to fill out a Support ticket, let me know.


Harry

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