set default time zone for laravel code example

Example 1: laravel date set timezone

edit /config/app.php
'timezone' => 'Asia/Dhaka'

Example 2: how to change the default timezone setting in laravel

In Laravel Application, You can set your Application Time Zone by configuring app.php file in config folder. To change time zone , modify the value of timezone in config/app.php file.

by default ‘timezone’ => ‘UTC’,

/*
   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   | Application Timezone
   |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
   |
   | Here you may specify the default timezone for your application, which
   | will be used by the PHP date and date-time functions. We have gone
   | ahead and set this to a sensible default for you out of the box.
   |
   */
   'timezone' => 'UTC',
For Ex : i set my application time zone is ‘Asia/Kolkata’

'timezone' => 'Asia/Kolkata',
List of available timezones can be find in following URL http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php