date; gmdate; format questions

[alabamatom]

I am using a program that uses the following routine:

$today=date("Y-m-d");
$timenow=date("h:i A");
$dt=date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

I want to be able to use these variables, but offset the server time depending on time zone. The date also needs to be offset, depending on the time. Anyone who can help me with this?

Tom

I don't want to use gmdate, I would like to see the time as it is in my time zone (central) . My servers are +1 from me (eastern).

[LordShryku]

putenv('TZ=America/Central');
$today   = date("Y-m-d");
$timenow = date("h:i A");
$dt      = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");