How Do I Get GMT+01:00 with php

Question

Please I have search through stackoverflow and couldn't find the right answer to this. I want to output a date for my country Nigeria on a website.

Nigeria timezone is GMT+01:00

I have this

    <?php
         date_default_timezone_set("WAT");

         echo date("M d, Y h:i a")."<p></p>";
         //echo time();
    ?>

possible duplicate of [addition of gmt times in php](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2763459/addition-of-gmt-times-in-php) — Rohit Aggarwal, Apr 21 '15 at 11:06

Octfx · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-21T10:43:33.120

7

I think you got the timezone wrong.
According to this list it is Africa/Lagos

<?php
date_default_timezone_set("Africa/Lagos");

echo "<p>" . date("M d, Y h:i a") . "</p>";
?>

edited Apr 21 '15 at 10:43

answered Apr 21 '15 at 10:32

Octfx

Thanks it really worked, and the document is very informative. – coder2014 Apr 21 '15 at 10:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '18 at 20:44

You need to set below timezone based on recommended TIMEZONE only

date_default_timezone_set("Africa/Lagos");

More details on Your country based timezone you can find on below link

In General For continent on the earth wise bifurcation you can refer below link

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