date_default_timezone_get(3) [php man page]

DATE_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE_GET(3)						 1					      DATE_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE_GET(3)

date_default_timezone_get - Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script

SYNOPSIS

       string date_default_timezone_get (void  )

DESCRIPTION

	In order of preference, this function returns the default timezone by:

	      o Reading the timezone set using the date_default_timezone_set(3) function (if any)

	      o Prior to PHP 5.4.0
		only: Reading the $TZ environment variable (if non empty)

	      o Reading the value of the date.timezone ini option (if set)

	      o Prior to PHP 5.4.0
		only:  Querying the host operating system (if supported and allowed by the OS). This uses an algorithm that has to guess the time-
		zone. This is by no means going to work correctly for every situation. A warning is shown when this stage is reached. Do not  rely
		on it to be guessed correctly, and set date.timezone to the correct timezone instead.

	If none of the above succeed, date_default_timezone_get will return a default timezone of UTC.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns a string.

CHANGELOG

       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       |Version |						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|		     Description		    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
       | 5.4.0	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|  The TZ environment variable is no longer used to |
       |	| guess the timezone.				    |
       |	|						    |
       | 5.4.0	|						    |
       |	|						    |
       |	|  The timezone is no longer guessed from  informa- |
       |	| tion	available  through  the operating system as |
       |	| the guessed timezone can not be relied on.	    |
       |	|						    |
       +--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Getting the default timezone

	      <?php
	      date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');

	      if (date_default_timezone_get()) {
		  echo 'date_default_timezone_set: ' . date_default_timezone_get() . '<br />';
	      }

	      if (ini_get('date.timezone')) {
		  echo 'date.timezone: ' . ini_get('date.timezone');
	      }

	      ?>

	      The above example will output something similar to:

	      date_default_timezone_set: Europe/London
	      date.timezone: Europe/London

       Example #2

	      Getting the abbreviation of a timezone

	      <?php
	      date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
	      echo date_default_timezone_get() . ' => ' . date('e') . ' => ' . date('T');
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      America/Los_Angeles => America/Los_Angeles => PST

SEE ALSO

       date_default_timezone_set(3), "List of Supported Timezones".

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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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