PHP Reference

Quick Reference

The PHP date_timezone_set() function sets the time zone for the DateTime object.

A complete list of time zones can be found here.

<?php
$date = date_create('2013-01-11', timezone_open('America/Los_Angeles'));
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:sP');
?>

Output

2013-01-11 00:00:00-08:00

Syntax

date_timezone_set(object, timezone)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
objectSpecifies a DateTime object returned by date_create() (required)
timezoneSpecifies a DateTimeZone object (required)

PHP Notes:

  • When using PHP, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on

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