Weird Time zone

Hello,
I have an issue with time zone.
I’ve added a php code snippet but can’t understand why it uses Universal time instead of Local.
This is a part of my code:

$current_date = gmdate(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’);
$release_date = gmdate( ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, strtotime(‘2022-02-20 11:01:00’) );

My WordPress settings

My server

I supposed the code will work in local time but it doesn’t. Can you help me to fix it, please!