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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