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Michael Sheaver
2,751 PointsDate Warning in My First PHP Code
When running the following code:
<p>©<?php echo date('Y'); ?> Shirts 4 Mike</p>
I get the following error: \Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are required to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for 'EDT/-4.0/DST' instead...
Any ideas?
2 Answers
Michael Sheaver
2,751 PointsFor those who encounter this error, the easiest fix is to put the following line into /etc/php.ini:
date.timezone = America/New_York
If you need to find the correct timezone for your locale, click http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 PointsIt's letting you know the local timezone is not set when using date(). Depending on your error reporting settings you will recieve error messages when PHP notices things that it doesn't agree with.
Check the Errors/Exceptions section for date() in the PHP Manual.
Michael Sheaver
2,751 PointsSean, thanks for your help; it took a bit of digging, but I found an easy solution, noted above.