Re: Problem with getting time in EST
| From: | Michael Preslar | Date: | Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:07:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Problem with getting time in EST | ||
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if time() is always 1 hour behind what you want, why not
time() + 3600 // 60 seconds * 60 minutes
On 8/4/07, Crab Hunt <crabhunt@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to get the current time in EST timezone while my current timezone is
> CEST. I use the function :
>
> date_default_timezone_set('EST')
>
>
> But now the time that I get is 1 hour less than the time in EST (
> http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/eastern-time/),
> probably
> without taking care of the daylight savings time (DST)... Can anyone help me
> out how to solve it, its an urgent issue for me.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> regards,
> Rakesh
>