Timezone: WP vs Host

  • Located in Denmark/Copenhagen I have set the timezone to “Copenhagen” which currently would/should result in the time being equivalent to UTC+2, but the result is:
    Universal time (UTC) is 2017-04-18 18:10:24. Local time is 2017-04-18 20:10:24
    and that is 2 hours wrong as the time right now is 18:10
    But if I set the timezone to UTC+2 I get:
    Universal time (UTC) er 2017-04-18 16:11:52. Local time is 2017-04-18 18:11:52
    which is quite right!

    UnoEuro who is the host for the site runs at UTC.

    I have tried to add the line
    php_value date.timezone ‘Europe/Copenhagen’
    to the .htaccess file as top line. No difference??

    Site language is set for Danish – I just put in the English text for this support-Q.

    I could run by UTC+2 but then I would get the summer/winter timesaving wrong (perhaps), but never the less – why does a “Copenhagen” setting put the time 2 hours off??

    Please advice.

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by LarsHdg.
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  • If you don’t have access to your php.ini file, you may need to contact your host. Sometimes on shared hosting, they may lock down php functions like time zone.

    Thread Starter LarsHdg

    (@larshdg)

    Thanks Jack for feedback.

    According to the phpinfo from the host (UnoEuro) the timezone is correctly set for Europe/Copenhagen (CET).
    And same in the settings on the WP-site in question where the timezone is set for Copenhagen but which sets the local time 2 hours ahead, whereas UTC+2 sets it correctly.
    I don’t get it – what am I missing ??

    All advices most welcome.

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