HOW TO SET TIMEZONE FOR date("h:i:s") IN PHP code example
Example 1: php date set utc
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
?>
Example 2: php current datettime us time zone
<?php
$date = new DateTime("now", new DateTimeZone('America/New_York') );
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');