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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: 1.5.18
PHP version: (unknown)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (localhost)
Akeeba Backup version: (3.4.3)

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: Please attach a ZIP file containing your Akeeba Backup log file in order for us to help you with any backup or restoration issue. If the file is over 2Mb, please upload it on your server and post a link to it.

Description of my issue:
I created a backup on the LIVE site using Akeeba backup 3.4.3. I restored it on my local server as i have done before many times. I run the installation program all goes well, no problems, all green. At the end of the restore right after it tries to load the newly restored site, I get this:

Warning: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /Users/Houston/Sites/roundtree/libraries/joomla/utilities/date.php on line 198 Parse error: parse error in /Users/Houston/Sites/roundtree/modules/mod_zo-latestnews/tmpl/default.php on line 32

I have never seen this before. I have no idea what to do about it.
Also, as I am trying to attach the logfile, I am getting an error at the top of your page that says "COM_MEDIA_ERROR_WARNFILETYPE". The file I am trying to upload is called, "akeeba.backend.log". Why will this not upload. FRUSTRATING.

I have put it at this location so you can download it.
http://www.splitlightdesigns.com/akeeba/

OK, well, I have not edited the ini file yet but I did upgrade joomla from 1.5.18 to 1.5.26 using Akeeba Admin. Akeeba backup is also up to date. i did a fresh backup. Downloaded the zip file to my local server, unzipped and ran it. One thign I notice is I never get the warning about this being a different host or location like I do when I try to restore a site to a different location. The extraction all goes well but when the site goes to load on the page I get this error now:
"Parse error: parse error in /Users/Houston/Sites/roundtree/modules/mod_zo-latestnews/tmpl/default.php on line 32 "

Does this have anything to do with the ini file? It doesnt seem like it.

OK, thank you.

Is the php.ini file a site based file or is this a file that needs to be edited as a local server.