Php/docs/datetime.settimezone
DateTime::setTimezone
date_timezone_set
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
DateTime::setTimezone -- date_timezone_set — Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
Description
Object oriented style
public DateTime::setTimezone
( DateTimeZone $timezone
) : DateTime
Procedural style
date_timezone_set
( DateTime $object
, DateTimeZone $timezone
) : DateTime
Sets a new timezone for a DateTime object.
Parameters
object- Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
timezone- A DateTimeZone object representing the desired time zone.
Examples
Example #1 DateTime::setTimeZone() example
Object oriented style
<?php$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01', new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Nauru'));echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Chatham'));echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";?>
Procedural style
<?php$date = date_create('2000-01-01', timezone_open('Pacific/Nauru'));echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";date_timezone_set($date, timezone_open('Pacific/Chatham'));echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";?>
The above examples will output:
2000-01-01 00:00:00+12:00 2000-01-01 01:45:00+13:45
See Also
- DateTime::getTimezone() - Return time zone relative to given DateTime
- DateTimeZone::__construct() - Creates new DateTimeZone object
