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<h2 class="title">Date/time support</h2>
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Date/time support has been fully rewritten in PHP 5.1.x, and no longer uses
the system settings to 'know' the timezone in operation. It will instead
utilize, in the following order:
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The timezone set using the <span class="function"><a href="function.date-default-timezone-set.html" class="function">date_default_timezone_set()</a></span>
function (if any)
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The TZ environment variable (if non empty)
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"magical" guess (if the operating system supports it)
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If none of the above options succeeds, UTC
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To ensure accuracy (and avoid an <strong><code>E_STRICT</code></strong> warning),
you will need to define your timezone in your <var class="filename">php.ini</var>
using the following format:
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date.timezone = Europe/London
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The supported timezones are listed, in this format, in the
<a href="timezones.html" class="link">timezones appendix</a>.
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Also note that <span class="function"><a href="function.strtotime.html" class="function">strtotime()</a></span> now returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on
failure, instead of -1.
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