[PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8]
date_default_timezone_set — Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
Description
date_default_timezone_set[string $timezoneId
]: bool
Instead of using this function to set the default timezone in your script, you can also use the INI setting date.timezone to set the default timezone.
Parameters
timezoneId
The timezone identifier, like UTC
, Africa/Lagos
, Asia/Hong_Kong
, or Europe/Lisbon
. The list of valid identifiers is available in the
List of Supported Timezones.
Return Values
This function returns false
if the timezoneId
isn't valid, or true
otherwise.
Examples
Example #1 Getting the default timezone
See Also
- date_default_timezone_get[] - Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
- List of Supported Timezones
Pierre Gourlaouen ¶
10 years ago
A simple method for conversation between two time zone.
[PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8]
date_default_timezone_get — Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
Description
date_default_timezone_get[]: string
Reading the timezone set using the date_default_timezone_set[] function [if any]
Reading the value of the date.timezone ini option [if set]
If none of the above succeed, date_default_timezone_get[] will return a default timezone of UTC
.
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns a string.
Examples
Example #1 Getting the default 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
The above example will output:
America/Los_Angeles => America/Los_Angeles => PST
See Also
- date_default_timezone_set[] - Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
- List of Supported Timezones
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