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PHP date_timezone_get() Function

PHP date_timezone_get() Function

PHP date_timezone_get() function is used to return time zone relative to given DateTime value. It returns a DateTimeZone object as output on success or False on failure. It accepts only a single parameter $object which is the DateTime object returned by the date_create() function.

Syntax:

  date_timezone_get(object);

Parameter Values

Parameter Description
object This is a required parameter. This parameter defines the DateTime object returned by date_create().

Here is an example of date_timezone_get() function in PHP:

<html>
<body>
<?php
$date=date_create(null,timezone_open("Asia/kolkata"));
echo timezone_name_get(date_timezone_get($date));
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Asia/Kolkata

Example 2:

<html>
<body>
<?php
$date=date_create();
echo timezone_name_get(date_timezone_get($date));
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
UTC

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