PHP Set time to Pacific daylight saving time

Question

In a PHP site, I have the current time setting:

D j M Y, G:ia

How do I change that to reflect current pacific time with the daylight saving time?

Answer 1

You can use date_default_timezone_set to set the timezone in which all date functions are run. PHP date functions take care of DST for you if you just want the current time.

Answer 2

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles'); // or wherever you are

$time = time();

if ($time >= strtotime("Second Sunday March 0")  && $time < strtotime("First Sunday November 0")) 
{

    echo date('m/d/y h:i a', $time);

} else {

    echo date('m/d/y h:i a', $time);

}