(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
<?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() - Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
- List of Supported Timezones
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DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone
DateTime::getTimezone
date_timezone_get
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTimeInterface::getTimezone -- DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone -- DateTime::getTimezone -- date_timezone_get — Return time zone relative to given DateTime
Description
Object-oriented style
public DateTimeInterface::getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false
public DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false
public DateTime::getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false
Return Values
Returns a DateTimeZone object on success or false on failure.
Examples
Example #1 DateTime::getTimezone() example
Object-oriented style
<?php
$date = new DateTimeImmutable(null, new DateTimeZone('Europe/London'));
$tz = $date->getTimezone();
echo $tz->getName();
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$date = date_create(null, timezone_open('Europe/London'));
$tz = date_timezone_get($date);
echo timezone_name_get($tz);
?>
The above examples will output:
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