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strftime behavior with time at midnight

given is follwing date and time: 25. February 2018 00:00 (ISO 8601 2018-02-25T00:00:00+00:00). A conversation to an UNIX-Timestamp is: 1519516800

Using PHP strftime:

echo strftime("%a %d-%m-%Y", 1519516800);

gives me

Sat 24-02-2018

where I would expect

Sun 25-02-2018

How can I force an interpretation with the new day? (25th in this case).

thanks!

Solution

  • If you're expecting UTC you need to configure it somewhere:

    date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
echo strftime("%a %d-%m-%Y", 1519516800);