PHP date() getting wrong time

i'm simply trying to get the current date in PHP, but it's getting '07:45:23' when it's really 11:02am (the date part of it is cor开发者_如何学JAVArect). i am setting the timezone like this:

date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York'); 
$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

why isn't this working? i also tried 'EDT'. and if it matters, the server is also in the same timezone.

thanks.

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Your server's time is likely incorrect. If you have SSH access, running date will show you what the server is set to.

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Is the servers time set properly?