(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
public DateTime DateTime::setTimezone ( DateTimeZone $timezone )
Object oriented style
Procedural style
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.
Returns:
Returns the DateTime object for method chaining or FALSE
on failure.
Changelog:
5.3.0
Changed the return value on success from NULL
to DateTime.
Examples:
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
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