TimeZone Offset

[20pictures]

I am trying to offset my timezone by 8 hours.
I tried:

var $offset = 8 ;                     
var $now = DATE_ADD(NOW(),INTERVAL $offset HOUR); 

...but I keep getting Error Message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';'

I've compared the syntax to various sources & it seems correct. Any ideas on what is wrong?

I even tried:

var $now = NOW(); 

...& it returned the same Error Message.

[forum_amnesiac]

Have you tried this code, I haven't tested it but it should work.

$offset=8;

$time_there = time() + ($offset * 60 * 60);
$date_there_1=date("m:d:Y H:i",$time_there)

$date_there_2=date('m:d:Y H:i', strtotime('+'.$offset.' hour')); 

You can use either $time_there_1 or $date_there_2 for the timezone 8 hours ahead.

[JShor]

Try this:
http://br.php.net/manual/en/function...offset-get.php

You can offset the time by {x} hours automatically using that function by specifying which time zone the user [or you] are in.