Title: Time Zone Discrepancies
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Time Zone Discrepancies

 *  [achanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/achanne/)
 * (@achanne)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-discrepancies/)
 * There seems to be a discrepancy in time between time() and WordPress time. The
   WordPress site stamps time correctly on posts (we use Pacific Time), but time()
   seems to be 8 hours ahead. I have already changed the time in the PHP.INI files
   for Vancouver, and have also set the time zone in the WP settings and manually
   in the database in WP_options in UTC_offset for -8. I need to get time() on Pacific
   time…is there a way to fix this?

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 *  [tim.vodien](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timvodien/)
 * (@timvodien)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-discrepancies/#post-7132545)
 * Do you mind posting your php.ini?
 * It should be changed using:
 * date.timezone=”America/Vancouver”
 *  Thread Starter [achanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/achanne/)
 * (@achanne)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-discrepancies/#post-7132547)
 * Hi, here is the Date/Time section of the PHP.INI file. The problem is that the
   server time needs to match WP time so that scheduled posts can appear at the 
   right time in Pacific (Vancouver) time.
 * [Date]
    ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ; [http://php.net/date.timezone](http://php.net/date.timezone)
   date.timezone = “America/Vancouver”
 * ; [http://php.net/date.default-latitude](http://php.net/date.default-latitude)
   ;
   date.default_latitude = 31.7667
 * ; [http://php.net/date.default-longitude](http://php.net/date.default-longitude)
   ;
   date.default_longitude = 35.2333
 * ; [http://php.net/date.sunrise-zenith](http://php.net/date.sunrise-zenith)
    ;
   date.sunrise_zenith = 90.583333
 * ; [http://php.net/date.sunset-zenith](http://php.net/date.sunset-zenith)
    ;date.
   sunset_zenith = 90.583333
 *  Thread Starter [achanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/achanne/)
 * (@achanne)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-discrepancies/#post-7132613)
 * Problem solved: If you change the timezone in WP, scheduled posts written BEFORE
   the change will show up based on the PREVIOUS timezone setting. However, all 
   scheduled posts written AFTER the change will show at the correct time.
 * If this has to do with post scheduling, no further action is required after changing
   the time zone in WP and in the database. Unless, of course, you still have scheduled
   posts from before change, then you would have to add/subtract hours from scheduled
   time or just copy and paste everything into a new post and reschedule.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [achanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/achanne/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-discrepancies/#post-7132613)
 * Status: not resolved

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