JFactory::getDate() doesn’t automatically add offset

By default, calling JFactory::getDate() doesn’t automatically apply the timezone offset.   The default date/time is GMT. By using the following code, you can set the offset from the global joomla configuration file <?php $thisJApp = &JFactory::getApplication(); $thisJDate = JFactory::getDate(); $thisJDate ->setOffset($thisJApp ->getCfg(‘offset’)); echo $thisJDate->toFormat(“%A %d %b %Y”); ?> If you want to set the date from [...]

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