{
  "id": 10573446,
  "title": "Moving off EventON: its timestamps aren't what they look like",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/moving-off-eventon-its-timestamps-arent-what-they-look-like",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-29T01:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/jeffreyinman/moving-off-eventon-its-timestamps-arent-what-they-look-like-1cpi"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "EventON is a popular WordPress events calendar available on CodeCanyon and wordpress.org, with a free Lite version. When moving away from EventON or exporting events, it's crucial to understand that the start and end times appear as normal Unix timestamps but are not. These timestamps need conversion; otherwise, they'll shift by your site's UTC offset. The source material explains how to properly handle these timestamps and other event details when transferring events to a new calendar system.",
  "summary": "EventON is a popular WordPress events calendar, sold on CodeCanyon, with a free Lite version on wordpress.org. If you're moving off it, or just exporting your events, there's one thing to understand before anything else: the start and end times look like normal unix timestamps, and they aren't. Convert them the obvious way and every event moves by your site's UTC offset. I read this from EventON…",
  "key_points": [
    "EventON timestamps are Unix timestamps, not visible times.",
    "Timestamps require conversion when moving events, else they shift by UTC offset.",
    "Conversion ensures events display correctly in new calendar system."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Misinterpreting EventON's timestamps as standard Unix timestamps can lead to incorrect event timing due to site-specific UTC offset, requiring conversion for accurate transfer to another calendar system.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}