Question

Given a variable unix timestamp and a fixed timezone offset in seconds, how can you tell if local time is past 8am.

For example, take the following variables:

$timestamp = time();
$timezone_offset = -21600;  //i think that's -8hrs for pacific time

Answer 1

if(date("H", $timestamp + $timezone_offset) >= 8){
    // do something
}

Assuming you consider even a millisecond past 8:00:00 is “past 8am”.