Title: PHP default timezone was changed
Last modified: July 29, 2020

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# PHP default timezone was changed

 *  Resolved [tlynne61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlynne61/)
 * (@tlynne61)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-default-timezone-was-changed/)
 * I have JOAN Version 5.5.0 and my site health has the following critical issue
   that is associated with this plugin (deactivation corrected issue):
 * PHP default timezone was changed after WordPress loading by a date_default_timezone_set()
   function call. This interferes with correct calculations of dates and times.
 * We NEED this plugin. Is there an update?

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 *  Plugin Author [ganddser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ganddser/)
 * (@ganddser)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-default-timezone-was-changed/#post-13187511)
 * At this time this issue has only been fixed in the premium version of JOAN. We
   will fix it in the free version as well but I don’t have a timeline for that 
   yet.
    I’m sorry about that, I will speak with the developers to see how far away
   the next update is.
 *  Thread Starter [tlynne61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlynne61/)
 * (@tlynne61)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-default-timezone-was-changed/#post-13187520)
 * I would appreciate that very much! Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [ganddser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ganddser/)
 * (@ganddser)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-default-timezone-was-changed/#post-13187550)
 * You could try as a temporary work around you can deactivate JOAN, set your timezone
   to UTC as requested by WordPress then perform the site status check and fix any
   issue raised by Site Health. Now that your site status is Good.
 * Re-activate JOAN and change your timezone to local (city, state or country). 
   There should be no more complaints from WordPress Health status for a while.
 *  Thread Starter [tlynne61](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlynne61/)
 * (@tlynne61)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-default-timezone-was-changed/#post-13187991)
 * Setting the UTC made everything work correctly! Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [ganddser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ganddser/)
 * (@ganddser)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-default-timezone-was-changed/#post-13188072)
 * You welcome. You should consider switching to JOAN Premium there are lots more
   features available and coming soon.

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 * Last reply from: [ganddser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ganddser/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-default-timezone-was-changed/#post-13188072)
 * Status: resolved