strftime() function showing incorrect time

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The strftime() function in php is not showing the correct time on my system. I am running php on xampp. Its around 11 o'clock on my PC clock, but the function strftime() returns 19 when I execute the following code:-

echo 'Time is - '.strftime('%H');

well you're missing quotes around `%H`, but that shouldn't even run so maybe it's something else. What's the date/timezone you have set in php.ini? — Explosion Pills, May 08 '12 at 17:45
Are you in the USA by any chance? I bet your php time zone is set to GMT. — vascowhite, May 08 '12 at 17:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '12 at 17:45

You can change your servers time zone by executing an ini_set at the top:

ini_set( 'date.timezone', 'Europe/Berlin' );

If you're on a hosting account the server is likely in a different time zone than you are. Even if you're running something locally I usually find it's set differently.

http://us3.php.net/timezones

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '12 at 17:46

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Maybe there is an wrong timezone set in php.ini: http://www.dedyisn.net/linux/how-to-setting-default-time-zone-in-apache-webserver-for-php/

date("H"); also gives wrong time?

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 08 '12 at 17:48

You can also set your default timezone with running the following line on every request. You can achieve this easily if you put it in like a config.php or header.php file of your project.

date_default_timezone_set ( string $timezone_identifier )

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

Timezone names: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

strftime() function showing incorrect time

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