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JeffCoderr
JeffCoderr

Reputation: 267

How does PHP date() function work?

I'm just wondering how the php function date() works? Like how does it determine time and date to return?

For example if my php code on a page looked something like this:

<?php    
    echo date("h:i:sa");
?>

It will simply echo out (for example) 11:18:24am, but let's say a site visitor from another country visits page, will the time returned be appropriate for their timezone? Hopefully this question makes sense, i only ask because I couldn't find anything on Google when searching how php date() function works.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 310

Answers (2)

ocnet
ocnet

Reputation: 61

I had the same problem but here is how i solved it. In the php.ini the timezone is static and set according to the server but you can override this by using date_default_time_zone function. for example you can create a script that tests a visitor location then loads parameters to date_default_timezone_set("continent/city"); according to your visitor location. i hope this works

Upvotes: 1

MrTux
MrTux

Reputation: 34003

The date method is documented here: https://secure.php.net/manual/function.date.php

As php scripts are executed on server side, it uses the current date/time of the server, formats and returns it. - There is no conversions for the timezone of visitors of your website. If you need localized times, you need to change the timezone manually.

Upvotes: 2

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