Re: date() is hours behind
| From: | Jon Kriek | Date: | Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:01:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: date() is hours behind | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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See the putenv() function. For example to get the correct Eastern Standard
Time
http://www.php.net/putenv
<?php
putenv('TZ=US/Eastern');
echo 'Last modified: ' . date('d/m/y H:i', getlastmod());
?>
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Jon Kriek
http://phpfreaks.com
"Php Webmaster" <phpwadmin@phpwebmaster.co.uk> wrote in message
news:20030929232143.99386.qmail@pb1.pair.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I currently use:
>
> date("l jS F Y, g:i A");
>
> To format the current date/time to my personal preference.
>
> However, at 12:19 AM on my machine, date("l jS F Y, g:i A"); shows
4:19PM...
> 8 hours slow :(
>
> Any ideas on how to correct this? Am I right in saying that there is a
> timezone problem?
>
> Any ideas appreciated.