DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

Returns associative array containing dst, offset and the timezone name

public static array DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations ( void )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

array timezone_abbreviations_list ( void )

Returns:

Returns array on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

A timezone_abbreviations_list() example

<?php
$timezone_abbreviations = DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations();
print_r($timezone_abbreviations["acst"]);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [dst] => 1
            [offset] => -14400
            [timezone_id] => America/Porto_Acre
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [dst] => 1
            [offset] => -14400
            [timezone_id] => America/Eirunepe
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [dst] => 1
            [offset] => -14400
            [timezone_id] => America/Rio_Branco
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [dst] => 1
            [offset] => -14400
            [timezone_id] => Brazil/Acre
        )

)