Indian Date and time in php

Question

Guys I am trying to get correct Indian time and date in PHP

I have tried this code:

$date = date("d/m/Y");
$date1 =  date("H:i a");

if(function_exists('date_default_timezone_set'))
{
    date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Kolkata");
}

echo $date;
echo $date1;

But I am not getting correct time. I am getting time which is 4.30 Hours late. Is there any mistake in my code?

Sanguineous

Answer 1

Put the timezone declaration first before using any date function:

// set the timezone first
if(function_exists('date_default_timezone_set')) {
    date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Kolkata");
}

// then use the date functions, not the other way around
$date = date("d/m/Y");
$date1 =  date("H:i a");

echo $date . '<br/>';
echo $date1;

Stitching

Answer 2

The cleaner option is

$date = new DateTime(null, new DateTimezone("Asia/Kolkata"));
echo $date->format('d/m/y').'<br/>';
echo $date->format('H:i a');

This way, you wouldn't alter global state, so other pieces of the code can still use other timezones

Cremona

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Answer 3

<?php
date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Kolkata");
echo "The date is " .date("d/m/y"); 
echo "<br/>";
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");
?>

Juryman

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Answer 4

I think you should try this

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
and $date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); what ever format you like!!

Bedraggle

Answer 5

// set the timezone first
if(function_exists('date_default_timezone_set')) {
    date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Kolkata");
}

// then use the date functions, not the other way around
$date = date("d/m/Y");
$date1 =  date("H:i a");

echo $date . '<br/>';
echo $date1;

Hyson

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Answer 6

Get Indian time and date now

<?php
date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Kolkata");
echo "The date is " .date("d/m/y"); 
echo "<br/>";
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");
?>

Bouillabaisse

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Answer 7

you should try

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');

$date = date('Y-m-d h:i:s');

echo "Current Data & time-->".$date;

Malvoisie

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