DateTime
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DateTime::setTimezone

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

DateTime::setTimezone — Sets the time zone for the DateTime object

Description

Object oriented style

public DateTime DateTime::setTimezone ( DateTimeZone $timezone )

Procedural style

DateTime date_timezone_set ( DateTime $object , DateTimeZone $timezone )

Parameters

object

Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.

timezone

A DateTimeZone object representing the desired time zone.

Return Values

Returns the modified DateTime object or FALSE on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
5.3.0Changed the return value from NULL to DateTime.

Examples

Example #1 DateTime::setTimeZone() example

Object oriented style

<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01', new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Nauru'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";

$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Pacific/Chatham'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$date = date_create('2000-01-01', timezone_open('Pacific/Nauru'));
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";

date_timezone_set($date, timezone_open('Pacific/Chatham'));
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:sP') . "\n";
?>

The above examples will output:

2000-01-01 00:00:00+12:00
2000-01-01 01:45:00+13:45

See Also

DateTime
PHP Manual