DateTime::getTimezone

DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone

DateTimeInterface::getTimezone

date_timezone_get

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.1, PHP 7)

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

Description

Object oriented style

public DateTime::getTimezone ( ) : DateTimeZone|false
public DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone ( ) : DateTimeZone|false
public DateTimeInterface::getTimezone ( ) : DateTimeZone|false

Procedural style

date_timezone_get ( DateTimeInterface $object ) : DateTimeZone|false

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(null, timezone_open('Europe/London'));
$tz = date_timezone_get($date);
echo timezone_name_get($tz);
?>

The above examples will output:

Europe/London

See Also

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