Problem in DATE AND TIME

Question

I am using date() function it getting the date and time as per my given format but the time its showing me is 4 hours forward than my current local machine time: This is my code

echo date("Y-m-d h:i:s", time());

Its showing me : 2009-10-28 08:47:42 Where as it should Disply : 2009-10-28 04:47:42

Any Idea whats wrong with this and why its showing different time.

Answer 1

Make sure your time zone is set correctly:

e.g.

date_default_timezone_set('UTC');

Answer 2

Because you are in, probably, US/Eastern (America/New_York, currently EDT) time zone, but the PHP you are using is running in UTC. You need to ensure that the TZ variable is set in the PHP environment.

Answer 3

it is likely giving you GMT, you need to set your timezone: e.g. date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

Answer 4

It's returning the timezone of your server, not your computer

try http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php