Re: [tlug] Getting a client and server to agree on UTC time

[Edmund Edgar <lists@example.com>]

Hi Dave.

On 19 December 2010 15:32, Dave M G <dave@example.com> wrote:
> Here's the code I use to get the UTC time on the PHP side.
> $utcTime = time() - date("Z");

Maybe I'm missing your point, but that doesn't give you the current time in UTC.
time() gets you the current time in UTC.
date("Z") gets you the current time in your server's local timezone.
time() - date("Z") gets you the offset between UTC and your server's timezone.

If that is what you're expecting, try renaming your variables so that
their names represent what they're actually supposed to hold, then
post again if you still can't figure out what's going on.

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