---
title: "Breaking: #69930 - Remove option \"serverTimeZone\""
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:breaking-69930"
source: "Changelog/7.5/Breaking-69930-RemoveOptionServerTimeZone.rst"
modified: "2026-09-14T09:47:36+00:00"
---

# Breaking: #69930 - Remove option "serverTimeZone"

See [forge#69930](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/69930)

## Description

The option `$TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['serverTimeZone']` which was introduced when
there was no clean way to fetch the timezone option in the PHP4 environment, has
been removed. It was solved in PHP 5.1.0 which introduced `date_default_timezone_get()`
which is used by the TYPO3 Core by default.

## Impact

Accessing the option will result in a PHP notice, as it has been removed in TYPO3 CMS 7.
Extensions making use of this option will result in an unexpected behaviour as
possible calculations are wrong.

## Affected Installations

Any TYPO3 installation which uses a third-party extensions that uses this option.

## Migration

Use native timezone support by PHP directly. See `date_default_timezone_get()`
for more information.