PHP date() function not giving correct time

Question

I am trying to figure out why php date() is giving me the wrong time, setting the actual time back 2 hours.

Answer 1

//Change date format

$dateInfo = date_parse_from_format('m-d-Y', $data['post_date']);
$unixTimestamp = mktime(
        $dateInfo['hour'], $dateInfo['minute'], $dateInfo['second'],
        $dateInfo['month'], $dateInfo['day'], $dateInfo['year']
    );
$data['post_date']=date('Y-m-d',$unixTimestamp);