How do I get local time with the PHP time function?

You can use this PHP5 (>= 5.1) function:

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Zurich');

Replace 'Europe/Zurich' with the param. for your timezone (see them here: http://ch2.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php ).

Put this func. at the top of your script. All subsequent date/time calculations will be based on that timezone. Simple and efficient.

HTH, Dan

You have a typo in:

"$fecha = $fecha + ($offest * 60 * 60); //multiply offset times 60 minutes times 60 seconds to get the total difference in seconds"

"offest" should equal "offset"

Jeez, even after I did that it's still not working for me....

Not working because you didn't use common sense, even though the example was shot to hell from the start.

Should of read.......
$fecha = time ();
date ( "h:i A" , $time )
Instead of ......
$fecha = time ();
date ( "h:i A" , $date )

And example should of read.....
$fecha - ($offest * 60 * 60);
Instead of ......
$fecha + ($offest * 60 * 60);

Sorry for any offense.

Use this function

//Display local country time, instent of displaying server time,
//If you country is Sri Lanka and web server in in USA, you can use the following script to solve your problem
//$datetime variable shuld contain the date time like date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
//$diferent variable is the diferent between server and your local country like +5.5 -6
//$mylenth from the final out put you can tell to the function how many character from $myafter sould display
//better to keep $myafter=0 and $mylenth=0 as it is

function SafGetLocalTime($datetime,$myafter=0,$mylenth=0,$diferent){ //get local time pass datetime and diferent
list($year,$month,$day,$hour,$minute,$second) = explode("-",str_replace(array(" ",":"),"-",$datetime));
$hour = ($hour+$diferent);
$datetime = mktime($hour,$minute,$second,$month,$day,$year);

if ($mylenth==0) {
$datetime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$datetime);
}else{
$datetime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$datetime);
$datetime = substr($datetime,$myafter,$mylenth);
}
return $datetime;
}

If you want a fix local time, you can add or minus the hour you get from date(). Or if you want local pc time whoever go to the page, you need javascript.

var today=new Date();
var h=today.getHours();
var m=today.getMinutes();
var s=today.getSeconds();

You need not think more just add number of second you want add with GMT time

Example:

$time=date("h:i A", time()+25200); //GMT + 7 hours

I realize this is an old post, but thought I'd put my 2 cents in... I believe this is what A.T.M. Alaul Haque was getting at, but to put it a little more clearly, always reference your date in regards to GMT and you don't have to worry about the server. If you switch servers it will still work:

$timezone_offset = -6; // us central time (gmt-6) for me

$date = gmdate('M d Y H:i:s', time()+$timezone_offset*60*60);

This all looks good. Anyone know how to call the users local time, based on a set time?

For example: I am in england and lunch time is 1:00 PM. I want to tell a user in California or New York, etc. that lunch time for me is 1:00 PM England, but in the users local time.

Any suggestions?

Ray