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"ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::handle_SyncTime could not get valid time" caused by timezone diffrence #506

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If the user's timezone is higher than UTC (ex. UTC+4) than if the code is compiled at 22.00 UTC, EPOCH_AT_COMPILE_TIME will return a value higher than the current epoch because cvt_time(__DATE__) returns the date according to the user's local timezone.

This means that code compiled at 23.00 UTC will not function for timezones UTC+1 and higher.

according to wiki the biggest offset is UTC+14 so decreasing 50400 (14 * 60 * 60) would work:

ArduinoIoTCloud/src/utility/time/TimeService.cpp line 97

#define EPOCH_AT_COMPILE_TIME (cvt_time(__DATE__) - 50400)

or

ArduinoIoTCloud/src/utility/time/TimeService.cpp line 323

bool TimeServiceClass::isTimeValid(unsigned long const time)
{
  return (time > (EPOCH_AT_COMPILE_TIME - 50400));
}

This may not be the best solution but is one nevertheless.
I can open a simple PR for this if it is ok for you guys.

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