How can you check if your PHP script is running under the same time zone set in PHP.INI?

You probably want your pages to run in your local time zone, not your ISP's time zone which may be different. If your ISP is located in a different time zone they may have set their time zone in PHP.INI. You set your own time zone by setting the default time zone in your PHP pages using: date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');

This of course is a setting specific to me. I am am in US Central Standard Time zone.

A list of available time zone string constants can be found at: PHP.NET Supported Time zones page.

Script timezone differs from ini-set timezone.
Server timezone in php.ini is = not set.

<?PHP
date_default_timezone_set('America/Chicago');  //US CST

$script_tz = date_default_timezone_get();

if (strcmp($script_tz, ini_get('date.timezone'))) {
    echo "Script timezone differs from ini-set timezone.<br>\n";
    if (ini_get('date.timezone')=="") {
        echo "Server timezone in php.ini is = not set.";
    }else{
        echo "Server timezone in php.ini is = ".ini_get('date.timezone');
    } 
} else {
    echo 'Script timezone and ini-set timezone match.';
}
?>

How can you check if your PHP script is running under the same time zone set in PHP.INI?

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