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!SquirrelMail doesn't actually do anything special to get the date. PHP just gives the date to !SquirrelMail, and it should already be formatted in your correct time zone. If it is not, you probably have the time on your system misconfigured. To see if you do, just use this command:

It should return something like "Wed May 9 12:43:55 CDT 2001"  If the time zone, date, or time is incorrect, read your system's documentation for how to change the time. Also, if this is a web server or a computer that is connected to the net continuously, look into time synchronization software (tons of free ones available) to keep your server's time correct.

One way to change the date on some systems is to run the date command with some optional parameters. See {{man date}} for more information.

If the {{date}} command gives you the correct information, you might want to make sure that {{/etc/localtime}} is actually pointing to (symbolically linked to) the correct time zone file for your area.

If your !SquirrelMail webserver is running in a chroot environment, make sure you have added the {{/etc/localtime}} to the chroot.  For example, under !OpenBSD, do this:

<code>
cp /etc/localtime /var/www/etc/localtime
</code>

Adjusting the {{date.timezone}} setting in your {{php.ini}} may resolve this issue too. Don't forget to restart your web server after you save changes.

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older version of PHP have an incorrect daylight savings time embedded into one of the .dll files.  Upgrade PHP to fix this.

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