Date(I) problem

[Daguse]

Thanks to unkwntech I found that Date(I); will tell me if the date is daylight saving time or not. 1 if is, 0 if not. However we are in DLS and I am getting a 0. Any Date(I, mktime(any date)); I get 0. even just Echoing Date(I); I get 0.  Is there a reason for this?

 

To give the full pic here, I am trying to make an SQL input with the current date and time. However when DLS comes and goes it changes my input by an hour. Code below.

//date time stamp with local time. 
$DLS = date(I);
if ($DLS > 0) {
$tz = -4;
} else {
$tz = -5;
}
$timezone= $tz;
$time=time();
$gmttime= gmdate("M d Y H:i:s", $time);	
$sqldate=date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime("$timezone hours",strtotime($gmttime)));	

 

Thanks all for helping a basic newbie.

 

 

[kenrbnsn]

Arguments to the date() function should be strings. Try:

<?php
$tz = date('I');
?>

 

Ken

[Daguse]

sorry, I see now I posted old code.

 

I use date('I'); still does not work.

 

//date time stamp with local time. 
$DLS = date('I');
if ($DLS > 0) {
$tz = -4;
} else {
$tz = -5;
}
$timezone= $tz;
$time=time();
$gmttime= gmdate("M d Y H:i:s", $time);	
$sqldate=date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime("$timezone hours",strtotime($gmttime)));	

[Daguse]

any one else got some pointers.

[JasonLewis]

Correct me if I'm wrong anyone, but... Where is your server? That would be returning if it was daylight savings where your server is.

[Daguse]

NJ in Clifton. They do run DLS.

[Daguse]

Ok well is there perhaps another way I could do this?