diff --git a/includes/db/db.php b/includes/db/db.php
index 946ad83..dc14bbe 100644
--- a/includes/db/db.php
+++ b/includes/db/db.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 // require_once __DIR__ . "/../env_loader.php";
 // loadEnv(__DIR__ . "/../../.env");
+
+date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Manila');
     
 $host = getenv("DB_HOST");
 $port = getenv("DB_PORT");
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 8a1ce73..056dae1 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   <body>
 
     <?php 
+    date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Manila');
     
     // header 
     include_once 'includes/header.php';