“date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings…”

Question

I got this error when I requested to update the PHP version from 5.2.17 to PHP 5.3.21 on the server.

Answer 1

If these are not your options

• Modifying php.ini.
• Adding date_default_timezone call.

Instead of date you could use gmdate.

I have used gmdate( "Y" ) when I needed a year for a copyright snipplet.