How to change the time in apache server so it matches the computer's time (PHP)?

Question

In my particular case, both the server and the client are the same computer, I\'m on localhost. When i echo out the date from the date() function, it displays a totally wron

Answer 1

Open the php.ini under /etc/php.ini .

Uncomment this line and add your continent and the main city. Here is an example which works for Germany (Deutschland).

[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = Europe/Berlin

See the website http://php.net/manual/de/timezones.php for all timezones in German.

Save the file php.ini. And restart the apache. Mageia LINUX uses this:

systemctl restart httpd.service