Apache time stamp incorrect

I am using WAMP server running PHP. At a particular step I am trying to capture system time and add it to the database with the following query

$strSQLInsert = "UPDATE  track SET  State = 'Repeat' , DateTime = '" . date("m/d/Y h:i:s a") .  "',  where AccID like '". $values['SampleID'] ;

but the time stamp is way off than my system time. The date is okay. I googled and found out that I can update my .htaccess with this line

SetEnv TZ America/Los_Angles

But I couldn't find where htaccess is. How do I get the correct time stamp.

Try to change the timezone in the php.ini configuration file, and then restart the apache service. You should have php.ini somewhere inside your WAMP installation folder.

EDIT: You might have the php.ini file inside the folder:

/wamp/bin/php/phpX.X.X

where phpX.X.X is your php version.

Look for the "date.timezone" line and change it to something like this:

date.timezone = "America/Los_Angeles"

You can find the supported timezones here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

More technical information is available here: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.configuration.php

The .htaccess file has a local range, normally to the folder and sub-folders where the file is created. Changing the php.ini file makes the changes global to your PHP installation.

In addition to editing the /wamp/bin/php/phpX.X.X/php.ini you would need to make the same changes on Apache side too. Which is on /wamp/bin/apache/ApacheX.X.X/bin/php.ini

I'm using wampserver 3.0 and having the same issue even after changing date.timezone for both files: