Question

I am trying to insert in a field of type “timestamp” in MySQL database “CURRENT_TIMESTAMP” and its 2012-2-26 10:04:34 AM in my local are and its the time on my pc
but the thing is that I find it 2012-02-26 02:04:34 in my database
everytime I insert I find different values from my local time
and aslo if I do

echo strtotime('now');

it prints the same value “2012-02-26 02:04:34”

how can I fix , knowing that I am working on a schedule needs to perform operations on a certain time

Answer 1

This looks like problem with time zones. Check them in php.ini. Or as suggested my Cheery on the comment, use ^{[docs here]}

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
?>

However, You should make sure you are using correct methods to input the date and time in the database. There are two ways to do so.

1. MYSQL: Use NOW() Function

   INSERT INTO table VALUES( data = '$data', date = now());
   

2. PHP: Use time() Function

   $query = "INSERT INTO table VALUES( data = '$data', date = '".time()."');"