Title: Adding correct date to header
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding correct date to header

 *  Resolved [mamajen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mamajen/)
 * (@mamajen)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-correct-date-to-header/)
 * I want to add the date to my site’s header, but I need to adjust the timezone
   since my server is in a different location. Here’s the code I used to display
   the date:
 * `<?php echo date('l jS F Y'); ?>`
 * Can someone tell me how to adjust the timezone so it displays correctly for my
   location (New York)?

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 *  [hedronist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hedronist/)
 * (@hedronist)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-correct-date-to-header/#post-1846024)
 * The easiest way to do this is to put the following in your theme’s `functions.
   php` file. That way the timezone is set for your entire site.
 *     ```
       date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
       ```
   
 * Other timezone names are listed here:
    [http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php)
 *  Thread Starter [mamajen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mamajen/)
 * (@mamajen)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-correct-date-to-header/#post-1846113)
 * That seems to have done the trick. Thank you for your help!

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 * [date stamp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/date-stamp/)
 * [header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/header/)

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 * Last reply from: [mamajen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mamajen/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-correct-date-to-header/#post-1846113)
 * Status: resolved

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