Handling date function

[Spring]

want something like:

date('F j, Y, g:i a')

 

but in central timezone, how do I change the timezone to central?

[xyph]

This may help

 

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

 

Keep in mind, this is assuming the default timezone has been set up properly. I usually like to do this kind of stuff manually, as I don't like to rely on those kinds of server settings.

[MadTechie]

Here is a little default timezone example

 

echo date_default_timezone_get();
echo date('H:i:s');
date_default_timezone_set('GMT');
echo date_default_timezone_get();
echo date('H:i:s');

 

see all timezones here timezones