Local time zone in php 4?

[python72]

I am trying to get local date/time.

In my php file I am setting my timezone using

$timezone = "America/Toronto";
putenv ('TZ=' . $timezone);

Then I use the following to get current date and time

print_r (getdate());

but my date displays in GMT,

What am I doing wrong? As in the code above I am in Toronto and I need EST.

[trq]

Is there a particular reason your using php4 ?

[python72]

That is what my hosting provider has, I have tried to use the

date_default_timezone_set('America/Toronto');

but I get errors.

[trq]

date_default_timezone_set requires php5.

[python72]

That is why I am trying to use the putenv

But don't know what I am doing wrong