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The DateTimeZone class

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Representation of time zone.

Class synopsis

DateTimeZone {

/* Constants */

const int AFRICA = 1 ;

const int AMERICA = 2 ;

const int ANTARCTICA = 4 ;

const int ARCTIC = 8 ;

const int ASIA = 16 ;

const int ATLANTIC = 32 ;

const int AUSTRALIA = 64 ;

const int EUROPE = 128 ;

const int INDIAN = 256 ;

const int PACIFIC = 512 ;

const int UTC = 1024 ;

const int ALL = 2047 ;

const int ALL_WITH_BC = 4095 ;

const int PER_COUNTRY = 4096 ;

/* Methods */

public __construct(string $timezone)

public getLocation(): array|false

public getName(): string

public getOffset(DateTimeInterface $datetime): int

public getTransitions(int $timestampBegin = PHP_INT_MIN, int $timestampEnd = PHP_INT_MAX): array|false

public static listAbbreviations(): array

public static listIdentifiers(int $timezoneGroup = DateTimeZone::ALL, string|null $countryCode = null): array

}

Predefined Constants

DateTimeZone::AFRICA: Africa time zones.
DateTimeZone::AMERICA: America time zones.
DateTimeZone::ANTARCTICA: Antarctica time zones.
DateTimeZone::ARCTIC: Arctic time zones.
DateTimeZone::ASIA: Asia time zones.
DateTimeZone::ATLANTIC: Atlantic time zones.
DateTimeZone::AUSTRALIA: Australia time zones.
DateTimeZone::EUROPE: Europe time zones.
DateTimeZone::INDIAN: Indian time zones.
DateTimeZone::PACIFIC: Pacific time zones.
DateTimeZone::UTC: UTC time zones.
DateTimeZone::ALL: All time zones.
DateTimeZone::ALL_WITH_BC: All time zones including backwards compatible.
DateTimeZone::PER_COUNTRY: Time zones per country.

DateTimeZone::__construct — Creates new DateTimeZone object
DateTimeZone::getLocation — Returns location information for a timezone
DateTimeZone::getName — Returns the name of the timezone
DateTimeZone::getOffset — Returns the timezone offset from GMT
DateTimeZone::getTransitions — Returns all transitions for the timezone
DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations — Returns associative array containing dst, offset and the timezone name
DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers — Returns a numerically indexed array containing all defined timezone identifiers

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bradm at inmotionhosting dot com ¶

6 years ago


Seems like a significant differences between php 5.3 and 5.6:

php -r "new DateTimeZone( '-0400' );"
-------------                        --------------
- PHP 5.3.3 -                        - PHP 5.6.30 -
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DateTimeZone::__construct():        Works as expected.
Unknown or bad timezone (-0400)

php -r '$tz = new DateTimeZone( "EDT" ); echo $tz->getName();';
-------------                        --------------
- PHP 5.3.3 -                        - PHP 5.6.30 -
-------------                        --------------
America/New_York                    EDT

php -r '$tz = new DateTimeZone( "EDT" ); echo $tz->getName();';
-------------                        --------------
- PHP 5.3.3 -                        - PHP 5.6.30 -
-------------                        --------------
DateTimeZone Object                DateTimeZone Object
(                                    (
)                                    [timezone_type] => 2
                                    [timezone] => EDT
                                    )