Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP date_timezone_set() Function.
The date_timezone_set() function accepts a DateTime object and a timezone object as parameters and, set the specified timezone to the given DateTime object.
The date_timezone_set() function accepts a DateTime object and a timezone object as parameters and, set the specified timezone to the given DateTime object.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
date_timezone_set($object, $timezone)
Parameter Details
Sr.No | Parameter & Description |
---|---|
1 | object (Mandatory) This represents the DateTime object for which you need to set the timezone. |
2 | timezone (Mandatory) This is a TimeZone object representing the time zone you need to set to the DateTime object. |
Return Value
This function returns a DateTime object. In the case of failure, this function returns the boolean value FALSE.
PHP Version
This function was first introduced as part of core PHP v 5.2.0 and, it works with all the later versions.
Example1
Following example illustrates the usage of PHP date_timezone_set() function -
<?php $date = date_create("25-09-1989"); $tz = new DateTimeZone('Nigeria/Rivers'); $res = date_timezone_set($date, $tz); print("Timezone: ".timezone_name_get(date_timezone_get($date)) ); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Timezone: Nigeria/Rivers
Example2
The following example below creates a DateTime object along with the timezone and, sets the time zone to another value -
<?php $date = new DateTime("25-09-1989", new DateTimeZone('Nigeria/Rivers')); $res = date_timezone_set($date, timezone_open("Nigeria/Lagos")); print("Timezone: ".timezone_name_get(date_timezone_get($date)) ); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Timezone: Nigeria/Lagos
Example3
Try the following example -
<?php $dateSrc = '2007-04-19 12:50 GMT'; $dateTime = date_create( $dateSrc); $DateTimeZone = timezone_open ( 'America/Chicago' ); date_timezone_set( $dateTime, $DateTimeZone ); $NewDateTimeZone = date_timezone_get($dateTime); echo 'New timeZone is '. timezone_name_get($NewDateTimeZone); echo "\n"; # Using second function. $dateTime = new DateTime($dateSrc); $DateTimeZone = timezone_open ( 'America/Chicago' ); $dateTime->setTimezone( $DateTimeZone ); $NewDateTimeZone = $dateTime->getTimezone (); echo 'New timeZone is '. timezone_name_get ($NewDateTimeZone); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
New timeZone is America/Chicago New timeZone is America/Chicago
Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP date() Function.
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