codeigniter How to set time zone in CodeIgniter Another way to set timezone in codeigniter
Example
To set the timezone in Codeigniter by extending date helper is an alternative way. For doing that need to follow the following two step activity.
- Extend date helper with the following function:
if ( ! function_exists('now'))
{
/**
* Get "now" time
*
* Returns time() based on the timezone parameter or on the
* "time_reference" setting
*
* @param string
* @return int
*/
function now($timezone = NULL)
{
if (empty($timezone))
{
$timezone = config_item('time_reference');
}
if ($timezone === 'local' OR $timezone === date_default_timezone_get())
{
return time();
}
$datetime = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone($timezone));
sscanf($datetime->format('j-n-Y G:i:s'), '%d-%d-%d %d:%d:%d', $day, $month, $year, $hour, $minute, $second);
return mktime($hour, $minute, $second, $month, $day, $year);
}
}
- Now set the timezone as a value of
time_referenceofconfig.phplike:$config['time_reference'] = 'Asia/Dhaka';
This is all set for using time zone.
FYI: List of Timezone List is added in the first example.
