PHP timezone not set

Question

First of all, i don't have access to the php.ini in the webserver.

In my local server I put date.timezone = "Europe/Lisbon" in my php.ini.

Is it possible to change this in .htaccess? or, what is the alternative?

At the moment I get this error in web server for phpmailer():

Strict Standards:  date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. ....

Answer 1

On second thought, ini_set may not be the best way to go. Apparently E_STRICT standards say that you should use date_default_timezone_set instead.

Try something like:

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Lisbon');

$tz = date_default_timezone_get();

More info can be found here about the issue: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/739376.html

And here for the default_timezone functions:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php

Edit: I found this little gem while I was browsing github.

// has to be set to reach E_STRICT compatibility, does not affect system/app settings
date_default_timezone_set(date_default_timezone_get());

This seems like the best solution.

Answer 2

Try ini_set at the top of your script.

ini_set("date.timezone", "Europe/Lisbon");