timezone help

[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
First off you need to set the correct time of where your server is!
I add this to the top of index.php for my servers time!

Code:

/**
*  set the default timezone.
*/
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');

Now all time caculations will be correct for the servers time.

If the time is not correct sessions and cookies will not work correct!

Then use this if you are allowing users to set their timezones to gmt.

Code:

$config['time_reference'] = 'gmt';

CodeIgniter User Guide - Date Helper now()

Also look at ./system/helpers/date_helper.php