Codeigniter timezone mysql settings - mysql

Question

Just realised WHY my site is now showing all datetime variables as -1 hr... I'm using Codeigniter for the first time! (Never had this problem before)
So, I have included the following code in my main index.php file
/*
|---------------------------------------------------------------
| DEFAULT TIMEZONE
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Set the default timezone for date/time functions to use if
| none is set on the server.
|
*/
if( ! ini_get('date.timezone') )
{
date_default_timezone_set('GMT');
}
However, it's still showing as -1 hr, so I'm assuming I need to set some sort of default setting for MySQL...
I have included the following line of code in my model:
function __construct()
{
// Call the Model constructor
parent::__construct();
$this->db->query("SET time_zone='+0:00'");
}
Still no difference... Help!
My code is:
<h3><?=date('D, jS F # g:ia', strtotime($row->datetime))?></h3>
The $row->datetime variable is nothing more than a DATETIME column value from my MySQL database. The echoed variable in view is ALWAYS 1 hour less than the value in my database...
My model code is:
function coming_up()
{
$this->db->query("SET time_zone='+0:00'");
$query = $this->db->query('SELECT * FROM events1 WHERE datetime >= NOW() ORDER BY datetime LIMIT 2');
return $query->result();
}

Answer 1

In config/autoload.php, set a model to load on each page load. then call $this->db->query("SET time_zone='+0:00'"); in that model constructor.
config/autoload.php
$autoload['model'] = array('default_model');// for ex, "say default_model"
In application/models, create a new model file with name of "default_model.php" and add below code.
application/models/default_model.php
class Default_model extends CI_Model {
function __construct()
{
// Call the Model constructor
parent::__construct();
$this->db->query("SET time_zone='+0:00'");
}
}
On each page load, this constructor will be called and mysql timezone will be set to +0:00.

Answer 2

Add these line in your config file and then check, it is working for me
$config['time_reference'] = 'gmt';# Default should be GMT
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');# Add this line after creating timezone to GMT for reflecting

Answer 3

am also face this problem.
i tried this way..
$this->db->query("SET LOCAL time_zone='Asia/Kolkata'");
$query="SELECT * FROM offers where NOW() between offfer_from and offer_to";
$res=$this->db->query($query);
it will work fine in my project and i'm not using anything new default model.. if you want global solution means you can use auto-load some model.

Answer 4

SET default time_zone for MySQL :
Go to : Your_Project/system/core/Model.php And then update this function :
public function __construct() {
$this->db->query("SET time_zone='YOUR_TIME_ZONE'");
}
SET default_time_zone for PHP :
Go to Your_Project/index.php
And then update here :
define('ENVIRONMENT', isset($_SERVER['CI_ENV']) ? $_SERVER['CI_ENV'] : 'development');
date_default_timezone_set('YOUR_TIME_ZONE');

Answer 5

I like the solution proposed by Kumar however, I didn't need to set this globally, only when showing dates stored in UTC time in my db.
In my api model I have the following function.
public function setDBTimeOffset(){
$dt = new DateTime();
$offset = $dt->format("P");
$result = $this->db->query("SET time_zone='$offset';");
return $result;
} # END FUNCTION setDBTimeOffset
From my controller, I call the following first.
$this->api->setDBTimeOffset();
Followed by the call to the function that queries the db. For example, I am fetching some user history.
$data["viewData"]["allHistory"] = $this->api->getUserHistory("ALL", 0, 10000);
When I display the output, the dates are in my timezone. I hope this helps someone, somewhere in time (couldn't resist).

Answer 6

You can set it in the index.php file in your project folder on top and after <?php
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Bangkok');