My posted date via php is off 1 hour... How to fix?

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My date is ahead 1 hour when I post to mySQL via php. I'm in Los Angeles. How can i make the time correct?

Here is what I currently have:

$date = date("m/d/y g:i A") ;

`I'm in Los Angeles` - that's your problem right there! (Just kidding. It's likely a time zone issue. Where is your server located?) — Pekka, Sep 25 '11 at 21:18
Good question. In Colorado, which is central time zone... there one hour ahead — Erik, Sep 25 '11 at 21:21
not easily, no. Here's a good answer to that: [How do I show datetime in the same time zone as user using PHP or javascript?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2934465) — Pekka, Sep 25 '11 at 21:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '14 at 12:22

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It depends on your specific case, but I had saved the date as UTC / GMT time, so I had to use the gmdate function instead of date. E.g.

gmdate("H:i",$time)

answered Oct 16 '14 at 12:22

Sbhklr

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '11 at 21:23

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see

like

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

answered Sep 25 '11 at 21:23

Rusty Fausak

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 25 '11 at 21:25

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First check if servers time is correct ( on linux use date shell command). If yes, you just set the time and you're good.

If not you have to change it in php with setlocale() or date_default_timezone_set() function

answered Sep 25 '11 at 21:25

Tadej Magajna

Mob · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-25T21:37:46.587

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Use this to get the time zone PHP is using date_default_timezone_get();

If you're in Los Angeles you can set your time zone temporarily for only the current script date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

Also pass T in the date function:

echo date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); outputs Mon May 25 16:23:49 EDT 2009

edited Sep 25 '11 at 21:37

answered Sep 25 '11 at 21:29

Mob

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