Symfony2 and date_default_timezone_get() – It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings

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);
    }

}

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