date & time with time zone

[starphp]

Hello,

 

I have stored date & time in the MySql database  using the data type (DATETIME). I wish to display the date time in EST time zone.

 

How can I achieve this ? I have tried to change the TimeZone using the php function:

date_default_timezone_set("EST");

 

But it doesn't work.

 

I have modified the date format by using the code:

 

date("M j", strtotime($data['received_time']) )." at ".date("g:ia", strtotime($data['received_time']) )

 

to display the time as May 6 at 10:10am

 

Is this correct ?

 

Actually I am trying to display time in User's Time Zone. If no time zone is present, then it will be displayed in EST format. And for that I stored date & time in MySql and did the steps.

 

Also, is it possible to find the TimeZone of user during registration process without a TimeZone selection menu ?

 

Any suggestions would be great.

 

Thank You.

 

 

[The Little Guy]

ini_set('date.timezone', 'US/Eastern');

echo date("M j \a\t g:ia", strtotime($data['received_time']));

 

List of timezones: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

[starphp]

 

Your code works.

 

Thank you Mr Little Guy.