Return time zone relative to given DateTime

DateTime::getTimezone

date_timezone_get

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

DateTime::getTimezone -- date_timezone_get — Return time zone relative to given DateTime

Object oriented style

public DateTimeZone DateTime::getTimezone ( void )

Procedural style

Return time zone relative to given DateTime.

object: Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()

Returns a DateTimeZone object on success or FALSE on failure.

Example #1 DateTime::getTimezone() example

Object oriented style


<?php
$date = new DateTime(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:

Europe/London