Question

Which of the following statements can be used to set the time zone in individual scripts?

(a) date_set_timezone(‘Europe/London’);

(b) date_default_timezone_set(‘Europe/London’);

(c) date_set_default_timezone(‘Europe/London’);

(d) date_default_timezone(‘Europe/London’);

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Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) date_default_timezone_set(‘Europe/London’);

Explanation: The function date_default_timezone_set  is used to set the default time zone used by all date/time functions in a script. You can also use ini_set(‘date.timezone’, ‘Europe/London’);