php.ini

[sollerti]

Hello,

I am trying to change the timezone in my php script. Currently when I use the date() function I get back a CDT time, while I would like to get a different time zone (e.g. EDT).

I looked around and found that a possible way would be to create a php.ini file and to set the following parameter to US/Eastern
date.timezone = "US/Eastern"

I have tried this, but it does not seem to work.
php.ini file is currently in my public_html folder...

Any ideas?

Thank you!

 

[descalzo]

There is just one php.ini per server and that is set by the administrator.

You will have to adjust your script.

$myDate = date( $formatString , time() + 3600 ) ;

 

[sollerti]

OK...I can try that, thanks!

Nevertheless, it might still be a problem since I am actually trying to use European Central Time, and the Daylight savings time changes differently in the US as it does in Europe...

Any ideas?

From what I read on the web, the php.ini file can also be set locally (but does not seem to work for me):
http://kb.siteground.com/article/How_to_change_the_datetimezone_value_in_PHP.html
If your PHP scripts do not show the correct time, the reason is that most probably your hosting server is in a different timezone. This can be easily resolved by changing a setting in PHP called date.timezone.

Depending on your location you can set a specific date.timezone value in PHP using the following option which should be added to your local php.ini file:

date.timezone = "US/Central"

The above example assumes you'd like to set the timezone for your PHP scripts to US/Central. The full list of supported time zones is available here and you should simply replace "US/Central" with the desired timezone.

Any thoughts?

 

[sollerti]

OK, I found a work around

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

Thanks for your help.

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