Title: Event list shortcode date timezone error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Event list shortcode date timezone error

 *  [cmikeb1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmikeb1/)
 * (@cmikeb1)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-list-shortcode-date-timezone-error/)
 * In the file `.../wp-meetup/includes/shortcodes/event-list.php` is uses the date()
   function to compare current date against meeting date, in order to decide if 
   this is an ‘upcoming’ event.
 * Problem is that date() will use UTC+0 since that is what WordPress sets the default
   PHP timezone to.
 * Line 81 of that file should use the WP function `current_time('U')`:
 *  `// The user only wants future events shown
    if ($this->atts[‘show’] == ‘future’){
   foreach ($this->core->events as $event) { if ($event->event_time >= current_time(‘
   U’)) { $use_events[] = $event; } } } `
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 * Last reply from: [cmikeb1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmikeb1/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event-list-shortcode-date-timezone-error/)
 * Status: not resolved