Title: Date Timestamp
Last modified: August 14, 2021

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# Date Timestamp

 *  [Angela2601](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angela2601/)
 * (@angela2601)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-timestamp/)
 * Hi,
 * how do I fix an issue whereby the date timestamp that is getting printed on the
   docket is incorrect (i.e. one day ahead). The date timestamp for the order on
   the website and admin dashboard is correct – it’s only printing incorrectly?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [lawrenceowen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawrenceowen/)
 * (@lawrenceowen)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-timestamp/#post-14787921)
 * [@angela2601](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angela2601/)
 * It is unusual for the time to be a full day out. Which time zone are you in? 
   and if you know, what timezone is your server hardware on (most will not know
   this, usually it should be set to UTC).
 * Our ticket can have the date printed in a few locations, in the header it prints
   both the time of the order, and the time of printing. Is it one or both of these
   that is incorrect?
 * It is also possible that time/data is being added to your receipt by an external
   plugin adding metadata to the order (i.e. such as a delivery/pickup scheduling
   plugin). In this case, we just print the text value that is provided by that 
   plugin, and it is therefore somewhat out of our control. To solve it would need
   some site specific customisation of the plugin. If you could start by helping
   us to identify which dates are wrong I can hopefully help to fix it it the right
   way.
 *  Thread Starter [Angela2601](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angela2601/)
 * (@angela2601)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-timestamp/#post-14790164)
 * Hi Lawrence, I’m on AEST timezone. I can’t see the timezone the server hardware
   is on but I’m assuming it would be UTC. The date and time are showing incorrect
   in the header of the receipt. I placed a test order at approximately 4.37pm AEST
   on Saturday the 14th of August and the date time that was printed on the ticket
   was August 15, 3.37am. I should also mention that it’s the sub header section
   that is being printed. I commented out the printer header info.
 *     ```
       // Print sub-header
       		$o_num = "Order #".$order_number; // Order number text to print
       		$p_time = date("{$date_format} {$time_format}", current_time('timestamp')); // TIme of printing text
       		$sub_header = star_cloudprnt_get_column_separated_data(array($o_num, $p_time), $selectedPrinter['columns']);
       		if(!empty($sub_header)) {
       			$printer->add_text_line($sub_header);
       		} else {
       			$pw($p_time);
       			$pw($o_num);
       		}
   
       		// Print header info area
   
       		// MODIFICATIONS START
       		/*
       		$printer->add_new_line(1);
       		$pw("Order Status: ".$order->get_status());
       		$order_date = date("{$date_format} {$time_format}", $order->get_date_created()->getOffsetTimestamp());
       		$pw("Order Date: {$order_date}");	
   
       		$printer->add_new_line(1);
       		if (isset($shipping_items['name']))
       		{
       			$pw("Shipping Method: ".$shipping_items['name']);
       		}
       		$pw("Payment Method: ".$order_meta['_payment_method_title'][0]);
   
       		*/
   
       		// MODIFICATIONS END
       ```
   
 * I checked the delivery plugin I am using and the timezone has been correctly 
   set (that’s assuming their settings are also applied correctly).
 *  Thread Starter [Angela2601](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angela2601/)
 * (@angela2601)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-timestamp/#post-14790168)
 * What if I edited the sub header to print the order date and time instead of the
   print date and time? It doesn’t necessarily resolve the issue of it printing 
   the incorrect date and time as the print time but at least it should still print
   the correct order date and time?
 *  Thread Starter [Angela2601](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angela2601/)
 * (@angela2601)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-timestamp/#post-14790235)
 * I edited the sub header to printer the order date and time instead of the print
   date and time but it didn’t resolve the issue – it still ended up printing a 
   date time that was about 11-12hrs ahead.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-timestamp/#post-14939330)
 * [@angela2601](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angela2601/) Please do not 
   create duplicate topics. I have archived your new one and you can continue here.
 *  Thread Starter [Angela2601](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angela2601/)
 * (@angela2601)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-timestamp/#post-14941562)
 * Hi Lawrence, can you please let me know if you know of any workarounds/solutions
   to this ticket?

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