DateTime::getTimezone

date_timezone_get

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

DateTime::getTimezone -- date_timezone_getReturn time zone relative to given DateTime

Description

Object oriented style

public DateTimeZone DateTime::getTimezone ( void )

Procedural style

Return time zone relative to given DateTime.

Parameters

object

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

Return Values

Returns a DateTimeZone object on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

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(nulltimezone_open('Europe/London'));
$tz date_timezone_get($date);
echo 
timezone_name_get($tz);
?>

The above examples will output:

Europe/London

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