Symfony2 and date_default_timezone_get() - It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings
Solution 1
Maybe you are trying to set it in Apache's php.ini
, but your CLI (Command Line Interface) php.ini
is not good.
Find your php.ini
file with the following command:
php -i | grep php.ini
And then search for date.timezone
and set it to "Europe/Amsterdam"
. all valid timezone will be found here http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
Another way (if the other does not work), search for the file AppKernel.php
, which should be under the folder app
of your Symfony project directory. Overwrite the __construct
function below in the class AppKernel
:
<?php
class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
// Other methods and variables
// Append this init function below
public function __construct($environment, $debug)
{
date_default_timezone_set( 'Europe/Paris' );
parent::__construct($environment, $debug);
}
}
Solution 2
Found a similar way to fix this issue (at least it did for me).
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First check where the
CLI php.ini
is located:php -i | grep "php.ini"
In my case I ended up with : Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc
Then
cd ..
all the way back andcd
into/etc
, dols
in my case php.ini didn't show up, only a php.ini.default-
Now, copy the php.ini.default file named as php.ini:
sudo cp php.ini.default php.ini
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In order to edit, change the permissions of the file:
sudo chmod ug+w php.ini
sudo chgrp staff php.ini
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Open directory and edit the php.ini file:
open .
Tip: If you are not able to edit the php.ini due to some permissions issue then copy 'php.ini.default' and paste it on your desktop and rename it to 'php.ini' then open it and edit it following step 7. Then move (copy+paste) it in /etc folder. Issue will be resolved.
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Search for [Date] and make sure the following line is in the correct format:
date.timezone = "Europe/Amsterdam"
I hope this could help you out.
Solution 3
The current accepted answer by crack is deprecated in Symfony 2.3 and will be removed by 3.0. It should be moved to the constructor:
public function __construct($environment, $debug) {
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Warsaw');
parent::__construct($environment, $debug);
}
Solution 4
Since PHP 5.5, there is a separate php.ini file for CLI interface. If You use symfony console from command line, then this specific php.ini is used.
In Ubuntu 13.10 check file:
/etc/php5/cli/php.ini
Solution 5
The problem appear when we are using PHP 5.1 on Redhat or Cent OS
PHP 5.1 on RHEL/CentOS doesn't support the timezone functions
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Milos Cuculovic
Masters degree in Embedded and comunicant systems.
Updated on July 05, 2022Comments
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Milos Cuculovic almost 2 years
I have a Symfony2 project. I updated my php to 5.5.7 today and since then, I am getting the
Warning: date_default_timezone_get(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in...
I setup the default timezone in my php.ini
[Date] ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ; http://php.net/date.timezone date.timezone = "Europe/Paris";
To be sure that this is the good php.ini, I was checking with
phpinfo();
And the path I ma getting there is the one I am modifying:
/usr/local/php5.5.7/lib
But in there, I see the
Default timezone UTC
Which is strange.
any idea? Thank you.
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sas over 10 yearscan you confirm me the full path of the php.ini that you have changed
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sas over 10 yearsif you get this warning in symfony console then you also need to change at cli/php.ini
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Milos Cuculovic over 10 yearsThank you, but already checked: Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/php5.5.7/lib/php.ini
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sas over 10 yearsthere should be another configuration for cli, did you check that also?
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Milos Cuculovic over 10 yearsHm, and how to find this second one?
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sas over 10 yearsmay I know how you have installed php5.5.7? because normally it should have been placed at etc/php5 anyway you can fix this by set default timezone at karnel class constructor.
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Milos Cuculovic over 10 yearsI installed it from source with ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php5.5.7
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Milos Cuculovic over 10 yearsThank you for your answer. I think I know where the problem is. When restarting the php-fpm, I am restarting the old one, do you know how to restart the new php5.5.7 I installed ?
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sas over 10 yearsrestarting your apache2 will suppose to restart php as well
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ahmed hamdy about 10 yearsi had the same problem and your another solution works with me
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Stephen Tetreault about 9 yearsYou just saved me a serious headache. Thank you, friend!
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Admin over 8 yearsperfect, saved me lot of time!
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dericcain over 8 yearsThank you for this answer. It solved my issue in version 3
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kevnk about 8 yearsThis worked great! It may be valuable to add a link to valid timezone values: php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
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sas about 8 yearsThanks, I have added
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Jan almost 8 yearsTechnically this should be the correct answer as it actually resolves the problem long term.
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user276648 over 7 years
init
is deprecated since version 2.3, to be removed in 3.0. Move your logic in the constructor instead like @Krzysztof Bociurko or the updated accepted answer. -
Ricardo Martínez almost 7 yearsHi! in my case i use XAMPP on MacOS, then i do
php -i
and output this:Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc
Loaded Configuration File => (none)
And that's was the problem, in /etc there's no php.ini file, i've created withsudo nano /etc/php.ini
and add this entry [Date] ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ; php.net/date.timezone date.timezone=Europe/Madrid and start working, i've tried the @sas solution and work like a charm too. -
sas almost 7 yearsI exactly don't where is the bin/php of xampp on mac. please try to find it, should be in the directory of xampp. e.g. run DIR_XAMPP/bin/php -i
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vp_arth over 6 years
php --ini
is a nice shortcut