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

You need to do this in your php.ini file. I am on windows and run WAMP so my php.ini location is at: c:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.2.21/bin/

You then open that file and the default is set to: date.timezone = UTC You would change this value for whatever timezone you want...

For a full list of timezones supported, you can visit: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php