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  We came across this one recently when setting up a Zabbix server, where the installation would not proceed until the PHP timezone was set. This is quite straightforward – using your favourite editor edit:  

/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

  Look for the Module Settings section or search for:  

 date.timezone

  (in vi /date.timezone should get you there). Uncomment the line by removing the leading ; and then add in your desired timezone. For Sydney it would look like:  

[Date] ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ; http://php.net/date.timezone date.timezone = UTC+10

  Change UTC+10 to your desired timezone, save the file and restart Apache:  

sudo service apache2 restart

  Voila!