Date() and EST time

[Fixxer]

How can I make this display eastern time zone?

 

$today = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a");

[PFMaBiSmAd]

This should work (php5) -

 

<?php

date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');

$today = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a");

echo $today;

?>

 

Edit: Here is a different version that uses the EST abbreviation to figure out the timezone -

 

<?php

date_default_timezone_set(timezone_name_from_abbr("EST"));

$today = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a");

echo $today;

?>

[Fixxer]

hmm i must not have php5 then, the page doesnt even work then.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The end of life of php4 is in about 13 days. Except for security patches, no new development will occur for php4.

 

Everyone should have a schedule in place for upgrading to php5.

[Fixxer]

IDK i use w/e my web host (yahoo) uses.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Most web hosts have php5 available and it can either be selected through your control panel or by placing a statement in a .htaccess file. Check with your host on what method they have available.

 

Those that don't upgrade will be left behind.

[revraz]

What time zone is your server hosted in?  Just do some basic math and add/subtract the number of hours to EST.