Question About The Date() Function In Php

[leiaah 0]

Hi this is the code I've been using. This works perfectly fine with mysql but I'm having trouble with getting the exact time. It probably has something to do with time zones and countries. Is there something that I need to set to get the time right? I'm from the Philippines and we have the same time as Singapore and HongKong. Help please. Tnx.

$date = date('H:i A, jS F Y');

[beeseven 0]

One thing you can do (that I did, and it worked) is to change the offset (actually I think it's the only thing you can do). Figure out what time the server is at with just a simple date showing the hour/minute. Something like:

date("H:i")

Then, find your time (just look at a clock). Where I am, the difference is 3 hours. Then convert the difference to seconds (hours*3600). To make it change the time in the date function, add this optional parameter:

date("H:i",time()+thedifference)ORdate("H:i",time()-thedifference) //In the case that you're behind the server, I don't know what timezone you're in

You can do a test or two with the other date things to make sure it's right.

[mobious 0]

have you ever tried this?

gmdate('H:i A, jS F Y', time());

[beeseven 0]

have you ever tried this?

 

gmdate('H:i A, jS F Y', time());

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That would just return the server's time, which isn't necessarily the desired time.

[leiaah 0]

One thing you can do (that I did, and it worked) is to change the offset (actually I think it's the only thing you can do). Figure out what time the server is at with just a simple date showing the hour/minute. Something like:

date("H:i")

Then, find your time (just look at a clock). Where I am, the difference is 3 hours. Then convert the difference to seconds (hours*3600). To make it change the time in the date function, add this optional parameter:

date("H:i",time()+thedifference)ORdate("H:i",time()-thedifference) //In the case that you're behind the server, I don't know what timezone you're in

You can do a test or two with the other date things to make sure it's right.

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Thanks beeseven! The time is plus 15 here! Very cool!