[SOLVED] escaping characters in DATE() function, setting timezone help

[dsaba]

i'm using the date() function

I need to know how to set the timezone to London, UK

which is GMT +1 hour

 

IN PHP 4

 

 

also I need to know how to escape characters in the date() function

characters that need escaping are: "/" and ":"

I tried \/ backslashing to escape but didn't work

right now i'm making seperate values for each part of my date, and concacting them

it would be easier for me to use the date function like: date(m/d/y:h) ...etc....

but i would need to know how to properly escape those characters

 

here's my code:

$month = date(m);
$day = date(d);
$year = date(Y);
$hour = date(h);
$minute = date(i);

echo $day.'/'.$month.'/'.$year.':'.$hour.':'.$minute;
//displays like:   07/04/2007:03:03

 

-thank you, I am confused after reading the php manual

[Eugene]

have you tried putting everything in quotes?

For example:

date("m/d/Y:h:i");

[dsaba]

ya that works! thanks eugene

 

I still need to know how to set that timezone though in PHP 4

 

the php manual has a method but it says its for PHP 5 only

 

anyone know how?

[dsaba]

well it turns out u CANNOT set a default timezone in ur script with php 4

 

unless u do it in your .ini file

 

however i coded a workaround to convert my timezone to the one I want