How to correctly display the date / time, taking into account the time zone?

Question

Yii

The database stores the date/time of the post (field DATETIME).
Installed in B.D. everything is written in GMT. I expect the formatter to increase the value from the DB by 3 hours.
Yii::$app->formatter->timeZone = 'Etc/GMT+3';

// $message->mess_date = 2018-05-24 18:38:00
Yii::$app->formatter->asDatetime($message->mess_date, "php:d-m-Y H:i");
// Выводит 24-05-2018 15:38
// А я ожидаю: 24-05-2018 21:38

Answer 1

Good evening.
If you believe this information, then you get the correct time, that is, minus three hours.
To get what you need, replace "plus" with "minus" and get the desired "24-05-2018 21:38"