[RESOLVED] Time Is Off By 2 Hours?

Foxman

Whenever I create a new php file and use the date function like so

<?php echo date("g:i"); ?>

My browser outputs the correct time (I believe i am GMT-5:00) the first few times the file is opened, then the time becomes slow by 3 hours every time it loads (ex: 7:00pm my time shows up as 4:00pm on the browser screen). Is there a simple way to add 3 hours in the date function?

NogDog

You could try explicitly setting the desired time zone.

If using PHP 5.1 or later:

date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');

(See the list of recognized time zones.)

If using an earlier version:

putenv("TZ=America/Chicago");

MarkR

You should definitely set the default time zone - otherwise the system default may be used which is probably not what you want (I always set my servers clocks in GMT).

Assuming the system clock is set correctly, you are doing something wrong with time zones.

Mark

Foxman

My version of php is lower than 5.1, so i used the first line of code, but the time is still slow by 1 hour. I don't know what timezone to pick from the list on php.net. What timezone is correct for Michigan?

NogDog

"America/Detroit" looks pretty good.

Foxman

America/Detroit produced the correct time. Thank you.