Convert UTC dates to local time in PHP

Question

I\'m storing the UTC dates into the DB using:

$utc = gmdate(\"M d Y h:i:s A\");

and then I want to convert the saved UTC date to the client

Answer 1

date() and localtime() both use the local timezone for the server unless overridden; you can override the timezone used with date_default_timezone_set().

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

http://php.net/manual/en/function.localtime.php