Now()

CJ_G3

My webhost is UK based, but when i use NOW() the time is GMT(-5). Is there a variable i can put inside the parenthesis to specify a timezone offset? or use a mathmatical calculation?

Many Thanks

jpmoriarty

there is a time zone thing i think, but i usually find it easier (since i dont know the time zone thing) to do $now = now()+(60605);

then you can use it for things like date("D j Y, h:i a",$now)

CJ_G3

Thanks for trying, but i couldnt get that to work. instead i've made this, which does work.

$now[1] = date("G")+5;
$now[2] = ":";
$now[3] = date("i");
$now[4] = ":";
$now[5] = date("s");
print("$now[1]$now[2]$now[3]$now[4]$now[5]");

altexis

jpmoriarty's version could work rewritten like this: date("D j Y, h:i a")

jpmoriarty

ah now hold on - it doesnt work 'cos now() doesnt exist!

THIS works as it should:

    $now = mktime()+(60*60*5);

echo date("D j Y, h:i a",$now);

and altexis the point of the thread was to offset the time by five hours.

CJ_G3

cheers