# date.timezone setting on Debian 7 64bit

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/date-timezone-setting-on-debian-7-64bit/1718
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [April 4, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/date-timezone-setting-on-debian-7-64bit/1718 "2015-04-04T23:16:51Z")
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### Author: ![cblancoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@cblancoz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/cblancoz)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/date-timezone-setting-on-debian-7-64bit/1718/1 "2015-04-04T23:16:51Z")

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I tried to install this wonderful software but I can’t. I change my date.timezone in my php.ini and nothing. I don’t have much experience in Symphony  
  
  
  
Thanks  
  
  
  
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### Author: ![cblancoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@cblancoz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/cblancoz)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/date-timezone-setting-on-debian-7-64bit/1718/2 "2015-04-04T23:16:51Z")

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I tried to install this wonderful software but I can’t. I change my date.timezone in my php.ini and nothing. I don’t have much experience in Symphony

Thanks

![](https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B4IOp_XNmtj1RVMya053TDRTejg)

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### Author: ![chad.windnagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@chad.windnagle](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chad.windnagle)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/date-timezone-setting-on-debian-7-64bit/1718/3 "2015-04-06T14:44:48Z")

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Hi

If you set date timezone in php.ini it should be reflected - but you may need to restart your webserver to see it change. Also make sure you’re updating the right php.ini.

On command line you can run:

php --ini

Which will give you a list of all the php.ini files you’re using:

for example:

php --ini

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc/php5/cli  
Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php5/cli/php.ini  
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php5/cli/conf.d  
Additional .ini files parsed: /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/05-opcache.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/10-pdo.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-curl.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-gd.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-intl.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-json.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mysql.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mysqli.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-newrelic.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-pdo\_mysql.ini,  
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-readline.ini

That’s mine. That said, this is referencing the /cli/ directory, mautic runs on web so instead of the /cli you’re actually going to need to find the web .ini file.

For me if I dig through that I find:

/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

That’s where I set the timezone setting:

[Date]  
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions  
; [http://php.net/date.timezone](http://php.net/date.timezone)  
date.timezone = “America/New\_York”

There’s tons of resources on how to set this. For example:  
[http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/php/setting-the-timezone-for-php-in-the-phpini-file](http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/php/setting-the-timezone-for-php-in-the-phpini-file)

If you can’t figure it out, I highly suggest asking your host to set this for you.

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### Author: ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/date-timezone-setting-on-debian-7-64bit/1718/4 "2020-02-02T23:00:20Z")

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