(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTimeInterface::getTimezone -- DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone -- DateTime::getTimezone -- date_timezone_get — Return time zone relative to given DateTime
Object-oriented style
public DateTimeInterface::getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false
public DateTimeImmutable::getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false
public DateTime::getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false
Procedural style
date_timezone_get(DateTimeInterface $object): DateTimeZone|false
Return time zone relative to given DateTime.
objectProcedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()
Returns a DateTimeZone object on success or false on failure.
Example #1 DateTime::getTimezone() example
Object-oriented style
<?php
$date = new DateTimeImmutable("now", new DateTimeZone('Europe/London'));
$tz = $date->getTimezone();
echo $tz->getName(); The above example will output:
Europe/London
Procedural style
<?php
$date = date_create("now", timezone_open('Europe/London'));
$tz = date_timezone_get($date);
echo timezone_name_get($tz); The above example will output:
Europe/London
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.gettimezone.php