PHP date() returns different time than Carbon

Hi guys,

When I run the PHP function date('H:i'), it returns 23:42. However, it's currently 00:42 where I live, one hour later. When I run \Carbon\Carbon::now(), it tells me the correct time of 00:42. I've set my timezone to be Europe/Amsterdam in the /config/app.php.

Can anyone here explain why this happens and what I can do about it? My guess is that it's got something to do with daylight saving time, but I'm not at all sure.

Kind regards, Koen

TortleWortle

8 years ago

Level 5

I'm not sure why it's happening, my guess it's something to do with either the timezone on your device or with the php config files.

You can use the date_default_timezone_set function though like this:

date_default_timezone_set("Europe/Amsterdam");

to set the proper timezone.

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kmsch

8 years ago

Level 1

The problem seems to have fixed itself. I had already changed the 'UTC' to Europe/Amsterdam, but it didn't work immediately. After about half an hour it's all working fine though.

Thanks for replying TortleWortle :)

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