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 Problem with date and time in php

[belakepare]

belakepare  

 Problem with date and time in php

I have a problem about the date and time
so i need a guidance from expert about the php date

Here is my php code

echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s A');

the o/p=> 2008-10-04 06 :12:21 AM

but on my local machine the time is 11:48 AM.

why this difference is it related with time zone ?
any changes I have to made ?

please advise me on this 

[greatjoe]

greatjoe  

 Re: Problem with date and time in php

As far as i know, PHP used UTC timezone to show the date..

And to see the timezone that your PHP version used you can open phpinfo, then you can refer to "Default timezone"
the default timezone is UTC.. UTC is Coordinated Universal Time, GMT is Greenwich Mean Time... both are the same..

example : Los Angeles, California, United States: UTC−8
                Sydney, Australia: UTC+10

to refer more about GMT  you can visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timezone

ps . if you want to show date that reside in your local machine, you can use Javascript ( CMIIW )

[polas]

polas  

 Re: Problem with date and time in php

Does it? I honestly dont know, and you may be correct - does PHP convert the webservers time into GMT, or does it just return the webservers time (which maybe the admin would normalise into GMT?)

[BusterKeaton]

BusterKeaton  

 Re: Problem with date and time in php

You can use this:

Code:

$newtime = time() + (Hr *Min *Sec);
echo ".date("").";
echo ".date("D d M y - h:i:s a",$newtime).";

for your timezone must be:

Code:

$newtime = time() + (-1 *60 *60);
echo ".date("").";
echo ".date("D d M y - h:i:s a",$newtime).";

and your problem will be solved...