Setup the default timezone is very necessary for proper data processing send from various countries. This article will help you to know how can we setup a default timezone in PHP configuration file (php.ini) or inside any php script for temporary use.
Setup Timezone in php.ini
To setup default timezone for your php environment, follow below 4 simple steps.
1. Location of php.ini – Find out your correct php.ini configuration file. Following is some default php.ini locations
2. Choose correct timezone – What timezone you need to configure in your php.ini file. Use below link to find available timezones for php.
3. Update timezone in php.ini – Finally edit your php.ini configuration file and update proper timezone value in date.timezone setting tag. For example you want to configure ‘America/New_York’ as your default timezone.
date.timezone = "America/New_York "
4. Restart Apache Service – Now just restart Apache service as per setup.
Setup Timezone in Single PHP Script
You can also set the timezone for a single php script by defining timezone inside the php script. Simply edit your php script and add date_default_timezone_set(“XXX”) line at top of script. Change XXX with your preferred timezone.
<?php
date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York ");
?>
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