[mgkoller]

Here is the actual patch

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/7240

After you implement the patch, go into Settings and change your Timezone.

[mgkoller]

The dashboard > activity is correctly displaying after applying trishasala’s patch (4573.patch)

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4573#comment:19

[mgkoller]

BackUpWordPress (2.2.2) was the problem, I deleted from wp-content/plugins

[mgkoller]

Check out https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddyplug/

[mgkoller]

have you tested this on a vanilla WP BP install

If it helps at all I got the times working using the BBpress forum running alongside BuddyPress, But I’m still having the same issues that you posted regarding the BuddyPress Activity times.

BBPress Screenshot

[mgkoller]

Resolved

[mgkoller]

@amalsh

What file did you add this filter to?
`
function format_activity_date() {
$activityDate=bp_get_activity_date_recorded();
return date(“F j, Y g:i a”, strtotime($activityDate));
}
add_filter(‘bp_activity_time_since’, ‘format_activity_date’);
`
The functions.php in your theme folder? Line number? I’m looking to do something similar, Thanks in advance!

[mgkoller]

I am using WordPress 3.5. , BuddyPress Version 1.6.2, BBPress Version 2.2.3

BBPress is displaying the correct time, Buddpyress activity displays the correct time I.E “posted 5 seconds ago” But times are wrong in Dashboard > Activity , which causes searching for activity updates along with plugins such as BuddyPress Component Stats to pull the wrong times.

[mgkoller]

Are you looking for this? http://testbp.org/

[mgkoller]

Along with custom code, make use of plugins that already exist.
i.e. https://buddypress.org/community/groups/rating-widget/
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-links/
Also look at prem. themes
http://themeforest.net/item/score-review-wordpress-buddypress-theme/703127

[mgkoller]

I like this idea too, currently looking in here for ideas.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_tag_cloud
http://etivite.com/api-hooks/buddypress/component/bp-activity/

[mgkoller]

To clear things up the div class inside the “dashboard > Activity” is

`

`

Which is displaying the wrong times.
I think my WordPress and Server is config correctly because the div in the “/activity” called

`

`

Is displaying the correct times.
If anyone running a Buddypress site can compare the times from

`/activity`

to

`/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-activity`

would really help me narrow this down. Thanks in advance!

EDIT ****
Here is a screenshot of the settings
My Settings screenshot

[mgkoller]

Hey, I just saw the reply to this ticket. (Sorry about the time it took to reply)
Regarding
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4573

I’ve done several fresh installs of WordPress, then installing the BuddyPress plugin using (Mamp).
Using WordPress 3.4.2. / BuddyPress Version 1.6.1
When I post activity (either on my localhost or my live site)
The Activity time is right BUT
Several Hours are added when I visit the Activity panel inside my dashboard “wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-activity”
I use the dashboard Activity because of its search and dates.

I would even assume it does this in http://testbp.org/activity/ but the Dashboard activity panel is hidden. Let me know if there are any fixes or if I need to re-clarify anything. Thanks for your help!

[mgkoller]

Getting back to this issue
`
You add the filter (and associated hook) in your functions.php file
`
I’m using the Frisco theme so here is the functions.php

Github – https://github.com/davidtcarson/frisco/blob/master/functions.php
Pastebin – http://pastebin.com/2gyXjCnK

So I need to ‘hook’ the filter onto one of those hooks that bp_insert_activity_meta provides .
I’m currently trying to find out were to insert this hook in the Frisco functions.php file
Here’s the custom hook

`
add_filter( ‘bp_activity_time_since’, strftime ($time,’l jS of F Y h:i:s A’,);
`
Obviously this function isn’t going to work but I’m trying to get the bigger idea,
I’m doing this on my Localhost using Mamp so I can just work by trial and error.

[mgkoller]

Thanks for the info @djpaul

[mgkoller]

If your trying to search activity, I use this (https://github.com/sbrajesh/bp-searchable-activity) which adds an “activity” option in the buddypress dropdown search.

[mgkoller]

One solution would check the mod_rewrite module in Apache is on. This deals with the permalink problems.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

[mgkoller]

Thanks @r-a-y
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4573
Let me know if I need to clear anything up.

[mgkoller]

Same thing happens when I run Buddypress on my localhost (MAMP) so I know its not a server problem. I assume `http:// “your web site” /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-activity ` is off by 5 hours for everybody else?

[mgkoller]

I also noticed this in my settings, how can I make it so that the activity pulls from local time and not utc time (which makes it 5 hours off)

`UTC time is 2012-09-25 17:44:21 Local time is 2012-09-25 12:44:21`

[mgkoller]

Looks like other’s have ran into this issue,
http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/activity-time-display-is-off-by-5-hours
Is this because of
`$time_offset = $time + ( $root_blog_offset * 3600 );`

[mgkoller]

I haven’t solved the problem yet, Here’s were I’m looking https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_filter

Here’s were I think the filter needs to be added?

`
* @uses bp_insert_activity_meta()
* @uses apply_filters_ref_array() To call the ‘bp_get_activity_action’ hook
*
* @return string The activity action
*/
function bp_get_activity_action() {
global $activities_template;

$action = $activities_template->activity->action;
$action = apply_filters_ref_array( ‘bp_get_activity_action_pre_meta’, array( $action, &$activities_template->activity ) );

if ( !empty( $action ) )
$action = bp_insert_activity_meta( $action );

return apply_filters_ref_array( ‘bp_get_activity_action’, array( $action, &$activities_template->activity ) );
}
`

[mgkoller]

I think I found it, Its in bp-activity > bp-activity-template.php > starts line 1187 > bp_activity_time_since’
Thanks @rogercoathup for bp_insert_activity_meta() function hint

*Update*
bp_core_time_since( $activities_template->activity->date_recorded ) date_recorded would be the post date
so it looks like I need to make a new function that uses the regular PHP time function to display the time style

[mgkoller]

Thanks so much for responding. I’m having trouble locating this “bp_insert_activity_meta()” function . I can’t find it in entry.php or activity/index.php or anywhere else.

Or is this a hidden file that I can only access from the server?
If you could tell me which php file its hiding in it would be much help.

Thanks!

[mgkoller]

Ok, does anybody know were the activity stream editor is located? Is it activity/activity-loop.php? I’m having trouble finding the correct php line to edit.