How to change the time in apache server so it matches the computer's time (PHP)?

Question

In my particular case, both the server and the client are the same computer, I\'m on localhost. When i echo out the date from the date() function, it displays a totally wron

Answer 1

This can be changed in the php.ini:

• If using xampp, open xampp/php/php.ini.
• Look for the line date.timezone=Europe/Berlin and change it to your timezone.
  In my case I changed to date.timezone=Africa/Nairobi.
• Save and restart apache.

Answer 2

I believe you are looking for: date_default_timezone_set ( string $timezone_identifier )

Link

You can also set this in your php.ini config.

Answer 3

Open the php.ini under /etc/php.ini .

Uncomment this line and add your continent and the main city. Here is an example which works for Germany (Deutschland).

[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = Europe/Berlin

See the website http://php.net/manual/de/timezones.php for all timezones in German.

Save the file php.ini. And restart the apache. Mageia LINUX uses this:

systemctl restart httpd.service

Answer 4

You need to do this in your php.ini file. I am on windows and run WAMP so my php.ini location is at: c:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.2.21/bin/

You then open that file and the default is set to: date.timezone = UTC You would change this value for whatever timezone you want...

For a full list of timezones supported, you can visit: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php