Due date in Tasks module

[Mithun]

I'm auto generating tasks via logic hook., I need to set the due date the next day 6pm CST.
I tried the below code, but it is setting only the 'date' part for due date, 'time' part is always set to 12:00

 $today    = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime("now"));
    $tomorrow = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime("Tomorrow 6pm"));
    $task->date_start = $TimeDate->to_display_date_time($today);
    $task->date_due   = $TimeDate->to_display_date_time($tomorrow); 
  

Please advice

var_dump of variables after above statements are

$today string(19) "2009-11-05 09:06:25" 
$tomorrow  string(19) "2009-11-06 18:00:00" 
$task->date_start string(16) "11/05/2009 03:06" 
$task->date_due string(16) "11/06/2009 12:00"

[andopes]

Inside a logic hook function all date fields are already in database format.
I hope this help you.

Cheers

[Mithun]

yes you are right andopes, thanks, i got it.

[Mithun]

Now I changed the code to

 $today    = date("m/d/Y H:i", strtotime("now"));
$tomorrow = date("m/d/Y H:i", strtotime("Tomorrow 6pm"));
$task->date_start = $today;
$task->date_due   = $tomorrow; 
  

Problem is that on task edit screen, start date should display today's time, but it is displaying GMT time.
Time on my local machine is now 5pm IST, it is showing 11.30am (i guess it is GMT)
Any idea?

[Mithun]

update:
running date("m/d/Y H:i", strtotime("now")); in my system is showing 11.30 UTC