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@j_watson Try both of them:
php artisan config:clear
php artisan config:cache
And then first try with the tinker session to confirm that your changes are reflected!
dd(now()->timezoneName);
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I tried changing it in my config/app.php file like so 'timezone' => env('APP_TIMEZONE', 'Europe/Amsterdam'), but it's still using UTC time. I even ran php artisan cache:clear but it doesn't seem to do the job.
Is there also an APP_TIMEZONE environment variable set?
# .env
APP_TIMEZONE="Europe/Amsterdam"
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