setlocale doesn't work properly in my timezone

Question

I live in Bangladesh. But when I use this code. <?php setlocale(LC_ALL,"asia/dhaka"); echo strftime("%d %B %Y"); ?> <?php setlocale(LC_ALL,"asia/dhaka"); echo strftime("%d %B %Y"); ?> Result shows US Timezone. I want to change my timezone.

Answer 1

Locale and time zone are not the same concept. For example, one can have a US English locale and have their clock set to Japan's local time (perhaps they are traveling).

For PHP, use the date_default_timezone_set function to set the time zone - not the setlocale function.