(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTime::setTimezone -- date_timezone_set — Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Sets a new timezone for a DateTime object.
Like DateTimeImmutable::setTimezone() but works with DateTime.
The procedural version takes the DateTime object as its first argument.
objectProcedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
timezoneA DateTimeZone object representing the desired time zone.
Returns the DateTime object for method chaining. The underlaying point-in-time is not changed when calling this method.
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