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Roberto Rivera
Roberto Rivera
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Posted by Roberto Rivera
Roberto Rivera
11,361 Points

Why is it showing Saturday instead of Friday?

I'm having problems with this code. I copy and paste it and it's outputting the wrong day. It should show Friday but it keeps showing Saturday. I tried running date('l') on another online text editor but it outputs the same. Does anyone understand why this is happening?

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Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,086 Points

I ran into the same problem and found the solution at this W3 schools.

You need to set the timezone to the one you're in like this before calling the date() function:

date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York");

1 Answer

Emil Pesaxov
Emil Pesaxov
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Emil Pesaxov
Emil Pesaxov
3,684 Points

According to the calendar, the day you posted this question in the community (May 5th) was Saturday, so according to the timezone, the date() function printed the Saturday message.