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Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Posted by Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

How are these two connected?

HI,

Im making this here starting as with variable etc.. but i see im wrong and i see that the code should be like :

date_default_timezone_set('UK, Leicester');
    $time = date('h:i:s a',time());

How is this connected to each other?
There isnt like any logic in it . Unless the date defualt is set as time and im passing it to the date as time or i dont know .

1 Answer

Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points
Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points

The connection is via the server you are using. The php.ini file on the server usually has a default timezone. So when the date or time command is called, it will use the server's date or time.

Within a specific php script, you can change the timezone by callling 'date_default_timezone_set' and pass it any of the supported timezone strings.

The following two scripts were run on the same server:

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
$time = date('h:i:s a',time());
echo $time; // Output = 12:16:39 am

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
$time = date('h:i:s a',time());
echo $time; // Output = 04:16:14 pm
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

Aa i get it now ;) thank you!