New PHP release a date() function issue

laughingbuddha · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:48 am

Hi all,

I've noticed the recent update to PHP has introduced an issue with the date() function. I'm now getting timezone warnings in the logs when using the date() function.

Code:

PHP Warning: date() [<a href='function.date'>function.date</a>]: 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 'Europe/London' for 'BST/1.0/DST' instead in

I've read somewhere online that you need to set the date.timezone directive the php.ini.

Now since the update which was yesterday, I haven't rebooted the server. So is the date.timezone directive already set and it is a case of rebooting, or do I have to set the value myself, and if so can it be set in a global php.ini file (server wide) or will it have to be set on per domain basis?

biggles · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:51 am

I've just added it to php.ini.
http://se.php.net/manual/en/datetime.co ... e.timezone

laughingbuddha · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:56 am

That's what I thought. Where is the main php.ini file for the server running Plesk?

scott · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:06 am

Its in /etc/php.ini, heres what I use in mine to get rid of those messages:

date.timezone = "America/New_York"

You can also override that in the PHP code, but I was way too lazy for that

laughingbuddha · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:18 am

Should you set the date.sunrise.zenith and date.sunset.zenith too, or doesn't it really matter?

scott · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:36 am

heh, seriously php? You track the sunrise now??

And no

I didnt even notice that one

laughingbuddha · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:56 am

Yeah it is in there, not that I could work out online what the settings are for my zone (UK), so I kinda skipped that.

I set the date.timezone in php.ini located in /etc but it didn't change. Then I noticed I didn't uncomment it.....dOh!

I set mine like so:

Code:

date.timezone = "Europe/London"

date.default_latitude = 51.4778
date.default_longitude = 0

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