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

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

> Here's the code I use to get the UTC time on the PHP side.
> $utcTime = time() - date("Z");

Because of the User Contributed Notes the PHP manual is a beautiful
creature. Check the most recent note on this page:
 http://php.net/manual/en/function.time.php

The first example is exactly what you want:
  date_default_timezone_set("UTC");
  echo "UTC:".time();

(The comment says UTC is the default, but ignore that, as the default
actually comes from any of the TZ environment variable, the
date.timezone ini option or some query of the OS.)

More explanation here:
  http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-get.php
  http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

HTH,
Darren



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