altering time per timezone and displaying time one hour from current time

[webguync]

Hi,

 

I am printing out a date as such

echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');

 

The server is on west coast and I am on east coast. It displays west coast time and I want to adjust -3 hours for east coast time. I have seen it done before but cannot find reference to how it is done right off hand. The server has PHP 4 installed if that makes a difference. I also want to display the time one hour ahead such as echo "one hour from now will be (php)";

[taquitosensei]

date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');

[webguync]

I must be writing it wrong, gives me an error

 

<?
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');
?>

[PFMaBiSmAd]

gives me an error

 

Yes, but what was the error, as that would allow someone to help determine how to fix it.

[webguync]

yes, I suppose that would help, sorry.

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: date_default_timezone_set() in path/to/file on line 173

[ChemicalBliss]

Forget that lol use this easy fix:

 

echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A',time()-10800); // 10800 = 3 hours in seconds.

 

-CB-

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The server has PHP 4 installed if that makes a difference

 

You need to plan your upgrade to php5. The end of life of php4 was slightly over 2 years ago.

[webguync]

ha, it's a hosting company, so I guess I need to pester them. I got this to work, thanks!

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Most web hosts have provide a way of switching to php5, either through a control panel setting or through a setting in a .htaccess file.

[webguync]

ok, thanks. I will get in touch with their technical support about upgrading.