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First, navigate to C:\xampp\php\php.ini and open the file in a plain text editor such as Notepad. Look for the following …

[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = "America/Chicago"

Change “America/Chicago” to the proper value. In my case it is “America/Winnipeg”. Save the file and restart Apache (if it is running) in order for the change to take effect.

Next, navigate to C:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini and open the file in a plain text editor such as Notepad. Look for the following …

default-time-zone       = "America/Chicago"

Again change the value to the one applicable to you. Save the file and restart MySQL (if it is running) in order for the change to take effect.