The date_timezone_set() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to sets the time zone for the DateTime object. This function returns the DateTime object or False on failure.
Syntax:
- Procedural style:
date_timezone_set( $object, $timezone )
- Object oriented style:
DateTime::setTimezone( $timezone )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $object: It is a mandatory parameter which is used to specify the DateTime object which is returned by the date_create() function.
- $timezone: This parameter is used to set the DateTimeZone object representing the desired time zone.
Return Value: This function returns the DateTime object on success or False on failure.
Below programs illustrate the date_timezone_set() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php   // Create DateTime object $date = date_create('2018-09-15', timezone_open('Asia/Kolkata'));   // Display the date format echo date_format($date, 'd-m-Y H:i:sP') . "\n";   // Set the date time zone date_timezone_set($date, timezone_open('Asia/Singapore'));   // Display the date format echo date_format($date, 'd-m-Y H:i:sP'); ?> |
Output:
15-09-2018 00:00:00+05:30 15-09-2018 02:30:00+08:00
Program 2:
<?php   // Create DateTime object $date = new DateTime('2018-09-15', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata'));   // Display the date format echo $date->format('d-m-Y H:i:sP') . "\n";   // Set the date time zone $date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Singapore'));   // Display the date format echo $date->format('d-m-Y H:i:sP'); ?> |
Output:
15-09-2018 00:00:00+05:30 15-09-2018 02:30:00+08:00
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Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.settimezone.php
