Handle GMT +, – time in PHP

Handle GMT +, – time in PHP

No matter the server is in which GMT time zone here is an extremely easy way to get time and date for any time zone. This is done with and function. gmdate() function normally gives us GMT time but by doing a trick with time() function we can get GMT+N or GMT-N means we can get time for any GMT time zone.

For example, you have to get time for GMT+5 we will do it like following

<?php 
  $offset=5*60*60; //converting 5 hours to seconds.
  $dateFormat="d-m-Y H:i";
  $timeNdate=gmdate($dateFormat, time()+$offset);
?>

Now if you have to get the time which is GMT-5 now we will just subtract the offset from the time() instead of adding into time like in the following example we are getting time for GMT-4

<?php 
  $offset=4*60*60; //converting 4 hours to seconds.
  $dateFormat="d-m-Y H:i"; //set the date format
  $timeNdate=gmdate($dateFormat, time()-$offset); //get GMT date - 4
?>