PHP date_default_timezone_set() Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Question

Long story short

Is there an official, un-deprecated timezone that PHP5 recognizes for Eastern STANDARD time--not Eastern DAYLIGHT time?

Answer 1

Well, if you really want X hours before or after a UTC date, I would do this:

$now = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', time() - 3600 * $hours);

In your case, $hours would be 5, I think.

As others have suggested, myself included, this is not good practice... But you are aware of that.