(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 3.0.0)
IntlDateFormatter::getTimeZone -- datefmt_get_timezone — Get formatterʼs timezone
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Returns an IntlTimeZone object representing the timezone that will be used by this object to format dates and times. When formatting IntlCalendar and DateTime objects with this IntlDateFormatter, the timezone used will be the one returned by this method, not the one associated with the objects being formatted.
This function has no parameters.
The associated IntlTimeZone
object or false on failure.
Example #1 IntlDateFormatter::getTimeZone() examples
<?php
$madrid = IntlDateFormatter::create(NULL, NULL, NULL, 'Europe/Madrid');
$lisbon = IntlDateFormatter::create(NULL, NULL, NULL, 'Europe/Lisbon');
var_dump($madrid->getTimezone());
echo $madrid->getTimezone()->getDisplayName(
false, IntlTimeZone::DISPLAY_GENERIC_LOCATION, "en_US"), "\n";
echo $lisbon->getTimeZone()->getId(), "\n";
//The id can also be retrieved with ->getTimezoneId()
echo $lisbon->getTimeZoneId(), "\n";The above example will output:
object(IntlTimeZone)#4 (4) {
["valid"]=>
bool(true)
["id"]=>
string(13) "Europe/Madrid"
["rawOffset"]=>
int(3600000)
["currentOffset"]=>
int(7200000)
}
Spain Time
Europe/Lisbon
Europe/Lisbon