PHP strtotime to return as UTC timestamp?

Question

Its a bit of a sever difference problem. On my local dev. server Im using:

<?php print strtotime($date." UCT"); ?>

The above code gives me the correct timestamp for my timezone. HOWEVER, the same code returns false on the live server.

The live server has a lower version of php installed and I imagine that to be the problem.

What I'm looking for is an alternative to the above line of code.

I could use the normal strototime without the ." UCT" part and add in 2hours but would rather have PHP handle timezones.

$date looks like this: 2011-05-25 05:48:00

What does $date look like? And did you mean UTC instead of UCT? — Salman Arshad
– Salman Arshad, Commented Jun 8, 2011 at 7:42
@Roshan 5.2.6 @Yes, typo corrected. $date = 2011-05-25 05:48:00 — CodeChap
– CodeChap, Commented Jun 8, 2011 at 7:51

ajreal · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-08 07:43:47Z

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<?php print strtotime($date." UTC"); ?>

instead of

<?php print strtotime($date." UCT"); ?>

answered Jun 8, 2011 at 7:43

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DhruvPathak Over a year ago

@stefgosselin UCT is also valid timezone . php.net/manual/en/timezones.others.php

ajreal Over a year ago

Please do not use any of the timezones listed here (besides UTC), they only exist for backward compatible reasons.

Giacomo1968 · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-25 05:04:27Z

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PHP warning on PHP documentation page, no support for UCT there :

http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.others.php

Warning

Please do not use any of the timezones listed here (besides UTC), they only exist for backward compatible reasons.

And here is latest PECL timezon database :

http://pecl.php.net/get/timezonedb

edited Feb 25, 2023 at 5:04

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answered Jun 8, 2011 at 7:53

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capikaw Over a year ago

Blatantly not pointing out that the @Good-bye likely made a typo is rude.

DhruvPathak Over a year ago

@capikaw Or may be because it was not a typo, UCT is a supported name for "Universal Coordinated Time" , but is not supported in PHP , and that is what I had mentioned in my answer. See linux for example : ` ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/U* /usr/share/zoneinfo/UCT /usr/share/zoneinfo/Universal /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC` A misinformed downvote is also rude IMHO.

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