timestamp function incorrect

[homer09001]

heres my code bearing in mind im just playing about php teaching myself:

<?php
#Variables
$today = date("l d M Y",$timestamp);
$time = date("H:i:s");
$var1 = 'Todays Date Is ';
$var2 = 'The Curent Time Is ';
$stringtime = $var1.$today;
$stringdate = $var2.$time;
?>

<br>

<?php

?>

<br>

<?php
#display strings
echo $stringtime;
?>
<br>
<?php
echo $stringdate;
?> 

but with the timestamp code included it come up with the worng date look

www.danhill.frihost.net/easyjetv/test.php

[devinemke]

you are never setting the $timestamp variable

[homer09001]

how di i do that

$timestamp = date("l d M Y");

[devinemke]

you actually don't need to set it or use it at all:

$today = date('l d M Y'); 

[homer09001]

when i do that it says the time is 1 hour ahead of what it acctually is
check it now

bearing in mind i am running of GMT here

[thorpe]

but is your server running GMT? where is it?

[devinemke]

it's showing whatever the date/time that your server's clock is set to...which may not be correct time for you, or me, or any given person depending on where in the world they live.

[homer09001]

is there anyway to use code to make it use gmt?

[devinemke]

homer09001 wrote:

is there anyway to use code to make it use gmt?

use [man]gmdate[/man] instead of [man]date[/man]

[homer09001]

1 more thing is there any way to make it automattically change between GMT and BST (Brit Summer Time?)

[kburger]

Have you read the manual?