Always saving default timezone on localhost. about laravel-timezone

[amandiobm]

@maverick504 Yep. Since a localhost IP address is 127.0.0.1, GeoIP can not find a valid match so for that it will be using the default one. If the majority of your user is not in the default timezone, I would suggest exporting the GeoIP config file and change the default timezone. I did that in my case.

[maverick504]

@amandiobm Ohhh i see. Thank you!

[jamesmills]

This is certainly the best answer. Thank you @amandiobm

[d4rkd0s]

Just noting here, so maybe it helps other folks...
I also experienced this with Laravel Vapor

But as a workaround this works on 95% of browsers...

<input id="tz" name="tz" type="hidden">
<script>
window.onload = function(){
    document.getElementById("tz").value = Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone;
}
</script>

Then change your AuthenticatedSessionController.php

store() method, to now include, Auth::user()->timezone = $request->tz;

public function store(LoginRequest $request)
{
    $request->authenticate();

    $request->session()->regenerate();

    $user = Auth::user();
    $user->timezone = $request->tz;
    $user->save();

    return redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
}

If you need the timezone column, the migration is as follows, (credit this repo)

if (!Schema::hasColumn('users', 'timezone')) {
    Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->string('timezone')->after('remember_token')->nullable();
    });
}