DateTime::getTimezone

DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone

DateTimeInterface::getTimezone

date_timezone_get

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

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

Description

Object oriented style

public DateTimeZone DateTime::getTimezone ( void )
public DateTimeZone DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone ( void )
public DateTimeZone DateTimeInterface::getTimezone ( void )

Procedural style

DateTimeZone date_timezone_get ( DateTimeInterface $object )

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