Mismatch between server time and PHP time

[abdfahim]

Hi,

 

The hosting provider for my domain confirm me that the server time is in EST (UTC-5). They also sent me a grab supporting that

server time is now:
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Sun Nov 7 02:20:01 EST 2010
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But when I use the following code, the output I get is has 1 hr difference (UTC-6)

echo date("d M, Y h:i:s A",time());

 

Output==> 07 Nov, 2010 01:20:01 AM

 

But it suppose to give the same time as the server, ryt? Can anybody please explain?

 

Thanks,

[phprocker]

Daylight savings?  I hate the fact we rely on UTC when there is constant mix-ups with American DST.  I too was just trying to configure my server a while ago for time.  And I wasn't successful unless I put information I know is wrong.

[MPeter]

Hello, abdbuet.

 

Before you do work with date and time - which is in fact a confusing thing - you should call this thing likely:

@setlocale(LC_ALL,'de_DE@euro','de_DE','deu_deu');

 

ps: And read up all available methods on time-editing! It will be helpful as it stands in my rememberence.

 

Regards,

MPeter