date() format

[RobertSubnet]

Hello all. Very new to PHP, so please excuse the simple question.

 

What I am trying to do is print the current time, formatted to PST (which is not my timezone). Using PHP 5.1.0, my code looks like this:

 

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$currenttime = time();

$PST = date("F d, Y : h:i:s a O -8", $currenttime);

 

echo "the current time set to PST is $PST";

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When running the above I get the following output:

 

 

the current time set to PST is July 03, 2008 : 11:53:29 pm -0600 -8

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The time is correct for PST (GMT -8 hours), I just don't want it to display the -0600 -8.

 

Would someone please tell me the correct format using O to offset GMT -8 hours so that I do not get the -0600 -8 output.

 

Thank you very much for your help.

 

~Robert

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Daniel0]

date() is just for formatting. If you actually want to subtract time then either just do it normally (i.e. $time-$something) or use strtotime().

 

The time will, by default, be output in your server's timezone.