strftime() function showing incorrect time

Question

The strftime() function in php is not showing the correct time on my system. I am running php on xampp. Its around 11 o\'clock on my PC clock, but the function

Answer 1

Maybe there is an wrong timezone set in php.ini: http://www.dedyisn.net/linux/how-to-setting-default-time-zone-in-apache-webserver-for-php/

date("H"); also gives wrong time?

Answer 2

You can change your servers time zone by executing an ini_set at the top:

ini_set( 'date.timezone', 'Europe/Berlin' );

If you're on a hosting account the server is likely in a different time zone than you are. Even if you're running something locally I usually find it's set differently.

http://us3.php.net/timezones

Answer 3

You can also set your default timezone with running the following line on every request. You can achieve this easily if you put it in like a config.php or header.php file of your project.

date_default_timezone_set ( string $timezone_identifier )

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

Timezone names: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php