php and mysql date time difference

Question

I did this in php to store the lastlogin in a mysql datetime column

date(\'Y-m-d h:i:s\') //which then gave > \'2014-01-04 08:00:56\'

and th

Answer 1

I solved the problem by deleting the date column and created it again. this now recorded the time in the correct format

timestamp gave 2014-01-04 20:58:56, and NOW() gave 2014-01-04 20:58:56

thanks for all who contributed, this wasn't a timezone issue as @AbdulJabbarWebBestow mentioned

Thanks again