Daylight Savings time

[Uncle Don]

How do I change the clock to fall back or move forward with Daylight Savings time?  How do I cange the time as it stands now?

[MrPhil]

If you're on PHP 5.1 or later, you should be able to specify the timezone by name. Check if the settings table in the database has a default_timezone entry. If so, the easiest thing to do is to change it from Etc/GMT+n to your correct setting (e.g., America/New_York -- the list is http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php). Not only will you get the correct time offset, but it will follow the correct Daylight Saving Time rules for your locale. If it does not already exist in the database, you can either add it manually or add an entry in your php.ini file: date.timezone = America/New_York. If you are at PHP 5.0 or earlier, you're out of luck and have to continue using the system hour offset (I presume that your server is GMT or otherwise doesn't follow DST). Any way you set your system (default) time, members still must use an hour offset (which means they follow your locale's DST rules).