date() function is not returning proper time

Question

I am using date() function in the format date('Y-m-d H:i:s'). It shows 2013-11-22 06:26:25 when the actual time is 2013-11-22 11:56:25. My code,

echo    $today = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '13 at 06:52

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date function will display date according to timezone being set in php.ini configuration file on server.

So please set timezone on your server using date_default_timezone() function

For more details please refer the documentation mentioned in following url

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

answered Nov 22 '13 at 06:52

Rubin Porwal

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Thankyou! I got it right when i added the line, date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); – coderaiseR Nov 22 '13 at 06:55
if you have found the right answer so you should have accept an answer. – Nov 22 '13 at 08:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 22 '13 at 07:21

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first set your time zone using this code

date_default_timezone_set('UTC');

find utc code of your country here

http://www.date-default-timezone-set.com/

then you can use

echo $today = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

edited Nov 22 '13 at 07:21

Hanky Panky

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answered Nov 22 '13 at 06:51

please mark an answer as if your problem had solved. – Nov 26 '13 at 18:34

date() function is not returning proper time

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