How to set the US time zone in php

In php, "date_default_timezone_set()" can be used to set the United States time zone, and the syntax is "date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York')", where "America/New_York" represents the eastern United States.

The operating environment of this tutorial: windows7 system, PHP7.1 version, DELL G3 computer.

Create a new TimeZone.php file, as shown in the figure:

Declare the file type and encoding for PHP to interact with the browser, as shown in the figure:

The function of date_default_timezone_set() function: Set the default time zone, as shown in the figure:

will TimeZone.php is set to US time

date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Run the web page and you can see the US time, as shown in the picture:

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