Get current IST time in php

Question

I am using the following code to get current IST time. But it only gives the system time. I changed my system time due to some reason. So i get only system time instead of current time.

$time_now=mktime(date('h')+5,date('i')+30,date('s'));
$date = date('d-m-Y H:i', $time_now);
echo $date;

Answer 1

Set your system time correctly, so your system knows its correct timezone and the correct time there. In PHP, set your desired timezone, then just print the date:

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
echo date('d-m-Y H:i');

Don't do manual offset calculations unless you know exactly what you're doing, it's way too fickle.

Answer 2

Get exact Current Indian Time in PHP

$date = date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');

//If you want Day,Date with time AM/PM
echo $today = date("F j, Y, g:i a T");

//Get Only Current Time 00:00 AM / PM 
echo $today = date("g:i a");

Answer 3

Use now() method it gave current time.

$query = "UPDATE (table name) SET (column) = now() WHERE (condition)";

Note : Make sure that type of the column in the database must be DATETIME type.

Answer 4

To get the user current time you will need javascript. if you want to make default timezone on your pages you can use date_default_timezone_set

You can read about this in: HERE

Answer 5

Use date_default_timezone_set :

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

echo date('Y-m-d h-i-s');

Answer 6

Notice: date_default_timezone_set() : Timezone ID 'Asia/Mumbai' is invalid in D:\\Program Files\\wamp\\www\\PHP\\...

Only date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata') is Showing Valid In PHP 5.4.16 Ver :) :)

Answer 7

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

$date = date("m/d/Y");
echo $date;

Before adding the date function use the timezone declaration first.

Answer 8

Set your system time correctly, so your system knows its correct timezone and the correct time there. In PHP, set your desired timezone, then just print the date:

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); echo date('dmY H:i');