Time help

[Hoopster]

I'm creating a script to include time.


Here is my code.

<?php
echo date("H:i:s");
?>


However, my server is 2 hours difference from me. What is the exact
command that I can use to offset it.


Please provide me with an exact code change as I'm new at this.


Thanks

[Mike Knight]

Re: Time help

I suggest you read the php manual entry for the date() command

http://php.net/date

You can specify a timestamp for date() to use. You can use time() to
return the current time stamp, and add or subtract to it to get to the
right time zone. time() returns an integer which is referred to as a
unix timestamp. The number is in seconds, so you can add/subtract
seconds to change the time.

echo date("H:i:s",ti me()+7200); //7200 seconds == 2 hours


Hoopster wrote:

I'm creating a script to include time.
>
>
Here is my code.
>
<?php
echo date("H:i:s");
?>
>
>
However, my server is 2 hours difference from me. What is the exact
command that I can use to offset it.
>
>
Please provide me with an exact code change as I'm new at this.
>
>
Thanks

[NC]

Re: Time help

Hoopster wrote:

>
<?php
echo date("H:i:s");
?>
>
However, my server is 2 hours difference from me. What is
the exact command that I can use to offset it.

Since you forgot to mention whether the server is two hours ahead or
two hours behind, here are your options:

echo date('H:i:s', time() + 2*60*60);
echo date('H:i:s', time() - 2*60*60);

Cheers,
NC

[David Haynes]

Re: Time help

Hoopster wrote:

I'm creating a script to include time.
>
>
Here is my code.
>
<?php
echo date("H:i:s");
?>
>
>
However, my server is 2 hours difference from me. What is the exact
command that I can use to offset it.
>
>
Please provide me with an exact code change as I'm new at this.
>
>
Thanks

As others have pointed out, you could just add 2 hours (in seconds) to
the offset but what about daylight saving time?

A better way is to set the timezone value.
e.g.

// save the current timezone
$my_tz = date_default_ti mezone_get();
// set the new timezone
date_default_ti mezone_set('Ame rica/New York');
// display the time and timezone
echo date('H:i:s T');

-david-

[Alvaro G. Vicario]

Re: Time help

*** Hoopster escribió/wrote (Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:39:09 GMT):

However, my server is 2 hours difference from me. What is the exact
command that I can use to offset it.

Some unsorted ideas:

<?

echo "System: " . date('H:i:s (T)') . "\n";

$tz_offset=2*60 *60; // 2 hours
echo "Offset: " . date('H:i:s', time()+$tz_offs et) . "\n";

putenv('TZ=US/Pacific');
echo getenv('TZ') . ": " . date('H:i:s (T)') . "\n";

putenv('TZ=CET' );
echo getenv('TZ') . ": " . date('H:i:s (T)') . "\n";

?>

In my computer it prints:

System: 20:57:13 (Hora de verano romance)
Offset: 22:57:13
US/Pacific: 19:57:13 (Pac)
CET: 18:57:13 (CET)

The putenv() examples display incorrect values, probably because they're
system-dependent and I was just guessing.



Since version 5 PHP has a new time zone directive, but I haven't tried it:

date.timezone string

The default timezone used by all date/time functions if the TZ environment
variable isn't set. The precedence order is described in the
date_default_ti mezone_get() page.



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