How to set the correct time zone in Laravel 4?

Question

I went to config/local/app.php

How do I change this 'timezone' => 'UTC'to?

If I want to install it for US Eastern Time.

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user4287698 Dec 17 '14 at 16:46

1 answer

Mephoros · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-17T16:47:50+0000

EST - UTC-5. Intuitively, you think you want to change it to UTC-5. So:

'timezone' => 'UTC-5'

However, this can lead to an error. If UTC-5 does not work, try:

'timezone' => 'America/New_York'

(or if you like further north, 'America/Toronto')