date_default_timezone_set()

[goldfiles]

Does the PHP5 function date_default_timezone_set() affect timestamps?  Such as when doing time();

 

 

[Spaceman-Spiff]

According to php.net: date_default_timezone_set — Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script

 

http://www.php.net/date_default_timezone_set

 

So, it should be a yes.

[goldfiles]

That's what I was thinking too, but I get the same timestamp when I run the following functions with time();

 

date_default_timezone_set("GMT");

date_default_timezone_set("America/Los_Angeles");

 

Among others...all the same timestamp.

 

I have PHP 5 enabled, too.

[goldfiles]

Interesting...according to this site, the time() function is ALWAYS in GMT time.  Then you use the date() functions to set the timezone.

 

http://keithdevens.com/weblog/archive/2004/Jul/28/Times.PHP.MySQL

 

Can someone confirm I am understanding this correctly?

[Daniel0]

Yeah. And the manual says so as well:

 

Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

 

You should see the difference you want when formatting it using date().