Checking php.ini: date.timezone set and not "System/Localtime": ini_get('date.timezone')=''

[Scott_Martin]

Hi All,

Upgraded aznd get this when running installation Tests. How do I fix this??

Checking php.ini: date.timezone set and not “System/Localtime”:
ini_get(‘date.timezone’)=’’

No VALID timezone set! (“System/Localtime” is NOT sufficient, you have to
use a timezone identifer like “Europe/Berlin”, see [full list of valid
identifers -> http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php])

Thanks

Scott

[informalys]

Hello smartin,

Fixing this is quite easy.

1. You have to open your php.ini (in my Debian Lenny server, this file is located in /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini)

2. You search for the string : ;date.timezone =

3. The symbol “;” means that the string is commented, you delete the “;” and you add a valid timezone (mine is Europe/Zurich), so the string is now : date.timezone = Europe/Zurich

4. Restart the apache server (on Debian, with the command as root : /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

The message has gone, and you have now the following message : Vérification de php.ini: date.timezone set and not “System/Localtime”: ini_get(‘date.timezone’)=‘Europe/Zurich’ in green.

Hope it helps.

PS - Sorry English is not my mother tongue.