Display date using timezone from Settings > General

Written by Bill EricksonPublished on May 9, 2012Updated on December 5, 2018

	<?php
	/**
	* Display date using timezone in Settings > General
	*
	* You might want to display or query based on the current day/time.
	* The date() function is great for that, EXCEPT it uses the server's
	* timezone, which in my experience is typically GMT (six hours ahead
	* of me here in Texas).
	*
	* WordPress lets you select a timezone in Settings > General, so let's
	* use that instead!
	*
	* For information on formatting date/time (the first parameter), see
	* http://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time
	*/

	$date = date( 'F j, Y g:i a', current_time('timestamp') );

	/**
	* Alter a unix timestamp based on server's timezone
	*
	*/
	$date = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'ea_share_count_datetime', true );
	$date = $date + ( get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) * 3600 );
	echo date( 'F j, Y g:ia', $date );

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Bill Erickson is the co-founder and lead developer at CultivateWP, a WordPress agency focusing on high performance sites for web publishers.

I build custom WordPress websites that look great and are easy to manage.