v1.50 Change admin time zone

[alepia]

Hello

Is there a way I can change the admin time zone to show where I actually am? There is a 6 hours difference which creates some small issues store-wise

using zc 1.5

Thanks for the help!

[terraGirl]

I believe Zen Cart simply takes the server time zone, so this is most likely an issue in your php.ini file.

Can you advise what setting your hosting provider has for date.timezone? You can check the php.ini info by uploading a PHP file with the command phpinfo() and then reviewing the output via browser.

[carigrafix]

In your php.ini file type in date.timezone=-0700GMT

The numbers in red are your time zone relevant to the gmt.

[inkspot]

In your php.ini file type in date.timezone=-0700GMT

The numbers in red are your time zone relevant to the gmt.

Another way to universally change your website is to add this line to your .htaccess file:

SetEnv TZ 'America/New_York'

The allowable time zone names can be found at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

[DrByte]

Another way to universally change your website is to add this line to your .htaccess file:

SetEnv TZ 'America/New_York'

The allowable time zone names can be found at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

That used to be acceptable, before PHP 5.1.0.
But, since PHP 5.1.0, the *correct* way is to set date.timezone in php.ini
Quote from PHP documentation:

Since PHP 5.1.0 (when the date/time functions were rewritten), every call to a date/time function will generate a E_NOTICE if the timezone isn't valid, and/or a E_WARNING message if using the system settings or the TZ environment variable.
To avoid these errors, use the INI setting date.timezone to set the default timezone.

That said, there's nothing wrong with doing both ;)