php date

I would like to put a simple php date onto a web page. But, i am in a different time zone (4000 miles away). So I would get a date of something like 11:36, instead of 19:46 as it is here in sunny Scotland. This is because the server is located in another time zone, I think..

Can this be sorted by myself, can't see anything in the web panel to help me out?

Apologies for posting in this section, but I have mislaid my password :lol:

Cheers

Andy

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I would like to put a simple php date onto a web page. But, i am in a different time zone (4000 miles away). So I would get a date of something like 11:36, instead of 19:46 as it is here in sunny Scotland. This is because the server is located in another time zone, I think..

Can this be sorted by myself, can't see anything in the web panel to help me out?

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Uh, do it in PHP.

$timezone_offset = 1;
$timestamp = gmdate($format, time() + 3600*$timezone_offset);



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Here is my suggestion:

if ( version_compare(phpversion(),'5.1') == 1 )  {
	if ( function_exists('date_default_timezone_get')	)	{
		$timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
		if ( $timezone != 'YOURZONE' )	{
			date_default_timezone_set('YOURZONE');
		}
	}
}

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Or use PUTENV:

<?
PUTENV("TZ=UK/Scotland");
?>

I believe that's the correct TZ setting.

Hi guys thanks for the info.

I used this code instead of any code with a calculation in it. The clocks go forward an hour in the Spring and back an hour in the Autumn over here - and this code seems to save me having to alter anything manually?


<?php $now = time();
$original_tz = $_ENV["TZ"];
putenv("TZ=Europe/Edinburgh");
echo "The time in Scotland is " . date ("H:i, l j F Y", $now) . "
";
putenv("TZ=Europe/Paris");
echo "The time in Paris is " . date ("H:i, l j F Y", $now) . "
";
putenv("TZ=Europe/Kiev");
echo "The time in Kiev is " . date ("H:i, l j F Y", $now) . "
";
putenv("TZ=Europe/Tblisi");
echo "The time in Tblisi is " . date ("H:i, l j F Y", $now) . "
";
putenv("TZ=Atlantic/Faeroe");
echo "The time in Tórshavn is " . date ("H:i, l j F Y", $now) . "
";
putenv("TZ=Europe/Vilnius");
echo "The time in Vilnius is " . date ("H:i, l j F Y", $now) . "
";
putenv("TZ=Europe/Rome");
echo "The time in Rome is " . date ("H:i, l j F Y", $now) . "
";?>