[SOLVED] time and date.

[Chesso]

Something I never found an answer for a long time ago.

 

It's all fine locally but on web host they are in different location so it's all setup for them on the web server.

 

How can I have the time() and date() functions etc return in my timezone?

 

I'm in AU, Sydney (GMT+10)

[taith]

<?php
function set_timezone($timezone="0"){
switch($timezone){
  case "-12": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+12'); break;
  case "-11": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+11'); break;
  case "-10": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+10'); break;
  case "-9": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+9'); break;
  case "-8": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+8'); break;
  case "-7": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+7'); break;
  case "-6": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+6'); break;
  case "-6": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+5'); break;
  case "-4": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+4'); break;
  case "-3": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+3'); break;
  case "-2": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+2'); break;
  case "-1": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT+1'); break;
  case "0": date_default_timezone_set('GMT'); break;
  case "1": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-1'); break;
  case "2": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-2'); break;
  case "3": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-3'); break;
  case "4": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-4'); break;
  case "5": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-5'); break;
  case "6": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-6'); break;
  case "7": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-7'); break;
  case "8": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-8'); break;
  case "9": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-9'); break;
  case "10": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-10'); break;
  case "11": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-11'); break;
  case "12": date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-12'); break;
}
}

set_timezone('+10');
?>

and voila! your server thinks its in sydney! lol

[Chesso]

So i'm looking for:

 

date_default_timezone_set('Etc/GMT-10');

 

Is there anywhere special, like just before I use time/date or perhaps just call it the once at the top of pages that make use of time and date?

 

Woah, I didn't realise you could use case statements in PHP lol dang, I could have been using these.......

[taith]

yup! switch() is a great function!

just put that tag at the very top of your page... before everything(save session_start())