Title: WARNINGS-See Below
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WARNINGS-See Below

 *  [kaablueii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaablueii/)
 * (@kaablueii)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnings-see-below/)
 * I just installed wordpress on my computer using XAMPP and I get the following
   warnings from wordpress. I have no idea how to fix whatever the problems are 
   or how to get rid of these warnings. I am not a techie so am looking for very
   specific info on how to deal with this. you can reply here of directly via email
   at [kaablueii@yahoo.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnings-see-below/kaablueii@yahoo.com?output_format=md)
 * Thanks
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
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 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 43
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    Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on 
   the system’s timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting
   or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods
   and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone
   identifier. We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\
   htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 35
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 107
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 109
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 111
 * Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone
   settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set()
   function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this
   warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected ‘America/
   Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\
   functions.php on line 112
 * Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system’s
   timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
   date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
   you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier.
   We selected ‘America/Chicago’ for ‘-6.0/no DST’ instead in C:\xampplite\htdocs\
   wordpress\wp-includes\functions.php on line 32

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