Re: Unix date

tedd schreef: > Hi gang: > > Using: > > $unix_in = 1255845600; > > echo(date("M d, Y h:i:s a",$unix_in)); > > On one sever, produces: Oct 18, 2009 02:00:00 am > > But on another sever, produces: Oct 18, 2009 12:00:00 am > > This difference appears to be a combination of "time-zone" and > "daylight-savings" considerations. In other words, the function date() > looks at the server's time (whatever that is set for, right or wrong) > and uses that for the calculation. > > So, what's the best method in keeping things consistent across servers? > Is there one? not sure exactly what your requirements are (and I can easily lose days f'ing around with these kinds of dates issues) but have you checked out gmdate() and it's friends (gm = GMT)? http://php.net/manual/en/function.gmdate.php > > Cheers, > > tedd >