DATETIME.SETTIMEZONE(3) 						 1						   DATETIME.SETTIMEZONE(3)

DateTime::setTimezone - Sets the time zone for the DateTime object

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       public DateTime DateTime::setTimezone (DateTimeZone  $timezone)

DESCRIPTION

       Procedural style
       DateTime date_timezone_set (DateTime  $object, DateTimeZone  $timezone)

	Sets a new timezone for a DateTime object.

PARAMETERS

	      o $object
		-Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(3). The function modifies this object.

	      o $timezone
		- A DateTimeZone object representing the desired time zone.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the DateTime object for method chaining or FALSE on failure.

CHANGELOG

       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | 5.3.0	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	| Changed  the return value on success from NULL to |
       |	| DateTime.					    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      DateTime.setTimeZone(3) example

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      $date = new DateTime('2000-01-01', new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Nauru'));
	      echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "
";

	      $date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Chatham'));
	      echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "
";
	      ?>

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
	      $date = date_create('2000-01-01', timezone_open('Pacific/Nauru'));
	      echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "
";

	      date_timezone_set($date, timezone_open('Pacific/Chatham'));
	      echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "
";
	      ?>

	      The above examples will output:

	      2000-01-01 00:00:00+12:00
	      2000-01-01 01:45:00+13:45

SEE ALSO 
DateTime.getTimezone(3), DateTimeZone.__construct(3).
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