Re: Time Zone Offset?

Marvin, > I'm using the PHP date() function on my site, but since my hosting company > (Pair Networks) is on the East Coast and I'm on the West Coast, everything > shows as three hours later (for most of my visitors, anyway). Pair tells me > there's no setting I can make on my account to change the server time zone. =not competent to comment. Recommend a review of the php.ini file commands and even if you can't gain access to that file on the server, the function which allows you to make a change to the PHP environment for the life of the current script. > Can anyone recommend a way to set an offset for the date() function in PHP? > (I searched on php.net and couldn't find anything.) =I run an international service, and would have had a massive headache if each client was to see things stated in their own timezone. We agreed that each would make specifications in their own timezone (and language...) but that all system output would be in GMT. =To your question: read up on the time/date functions for GMT, convert all input and store all date/times as GMT; and at retrieval time convert time/dates from GMT to whichever time zone you want to use. PS also takes care of bi-annual summer time discontinuities too (should they apply to you). =Regards, =dn