date_date_set
If you want to get the abbrivation (3 or 4 letter), instead of the long timezone string you can use date('T') function like this:
Input:
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
echo date_default_timezone_get();
echo ' => '.date('e');
echo ' => '.date('T');
Output:
America/Los_Angeles => America/Los_Angeles => PST
date_default_timezone_get
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)
date_default_timezone_get — Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
Description
string date_default_timezone_get
( void
)
In order of preference, this function returns the default timezone by:
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Reading the timezone set using the date_default_timezone_set() function (if any)
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Reading the TZ environment variable (if non empty)
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Reading the value of the date.timezone ini option (if set)
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Querying the host operating system (if supported and allowed by the OS)
If none of the above succeed, date_default_timezone_get will return a default timezone of UTC.
Return Values
Returns a string.
Examples
Example #1 Getting the default timezone
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
if (date_default_timezone_get()) {
echo 'date_default_timezone_set: ' . date_default_timezone_get() . '<br />';
}
if (ini_get('date.timezone')) {
echo 'date.timezone: ' . ini_get('date.timezone');
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
date_default_timezone_set: Europe/London date.timezone: Europe/London
Example #2 Getting the abbreviation of a timezone
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
echo date_default_timezone_get() . ' => ' . date('e') . ' => ' . date('T');
?>
The above example will output:
America/Los_Angeles => America/Los_Angeles => PST
See Also
- date_default_timezone_set() - Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
- List of Supported Timezones
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User Contributed Notesdate_default_timezone_get
harmor
28-Feb-2008 04:19
28-Feb-2008 04:19
dohpaz at gmail dot com
20-Apr-2007 09:58
20-Apr-2007 09:58
date_default_timezone_get() will still emit a warning in E_STRICT if the timezone is not set; either by date_default_timezone_set() or the ini option of date.timezone.
This is probably not a big deal, but I thought I would contribute what I found.