Why is the time function not working correctly in php?

Question

linux

I call time()
and it gives a timestamp 5 hours ahead of my time and the server time?
What could be the problem?

Answer 1

time returns the time in UTC

The documentation should have this info. The function time() returns always timestamp that is timezone independent (=UTC).

Answer 2

>> 'Time function not working correctly'
Orly?
>> 'but still, shouldn't it give the same time as Moscow?'
Who is he? PHP? Well, yes, it was created for Muscovites.
In general, you first need to declare a default timezone:
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Moscow');