(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
Creates new DateTimeZone object
DateTimeZone timezone_open ( string $timezone )
Object oriented style
public DateTimeZone::__construct ( string
$timezone )Procedural style
Creates new DateTimeZone object.
Parameters:
timezone
One of the supported timezone names.
Returns:
Returns DateTimeZone on success. Procedural style returns FALSE on failure.
Exception:
This method throws Exception if the timezone supplied is not recognised as a valid timezone.
Examples:
Catching errors when instantiating DateTimeZone
<?php
// Error handling by catching exceptions
$timezones = array('Europe/London', 'Mars/Phobos', 'Jupiter/Europa');
foreach ($timezones as $tz) {
try {
$mars = new DateTimeZone($tz);
} catch(Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage() . '<br />';
}
}
?>
The above example will output:
DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Mars/Phobos) DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Jupiter/Europa)
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