[SOLVED] Convert GMT string to EST output

[casperpaul]

Hi,

 

I have a string and time conversion question:

 

How can I go about converting a string in the GMT format

 

Fri, 04 May 2007 19:57:14 GMT

 

to an EST format such as

 

Fri, 04 May 2007 2:57pm EST

 

???

 

So is there a way I can always extract the portion

 

19:57:14 GMT  --->  x:xxam EST

 

 

Thanks,

Paul

[casperpaul]

Any hints?  I'm thinking ... extract the 19:57:14 portion of the string and just subtract 5 hours from the 19 part ... but suppose it's 03:57:14 ==> it would be a negative result.

 

Any simpler or programmer's way or implementing a function?

 

Thanks,

Paul

[SkyRanger]

You can try using this:

 

date_default_timezone_set('EST');

 

I converts all my date() from GMT to EST

 

Just place it at the top of your page.