DateTimeInterface
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DateTime::getOffset

DateTimeImmutable::getOffset

DateTimeInterface::getOffset

date_offset_get

Returns the timezone offset

Description

Object oriented style

public int DateTime::getOffset ( void )
public int DateTimeImmutable::getOffset ( void )
public int DateTimeInterface::getOffset ( void )

Procedural style

int date_offset_get ( DateTimeInterface $object )

Returns the timezone offset.

Parameters

object

Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create

Return Values

Returns the timezone offset in seconds from UTC on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 DateTime::getOffset example

Object oriented style

<?php
$winter = new DateTime('2010-12-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
$summer = new DateTime('2008-06-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));

echo $winter->getOffset() . "\n";
echo $summer->getOffset() . "\n";
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$winter = date_create('2010-12-21', timezone_open('America/New_York'));
$summer = date_create('2008-06-21', timezone_open('America/New_York'));

echo date_offset_get($winter) . "\n";
echo date_offset_get($summer) . "\n";
?>

The above examples will output:

-18000
-14400

Note: -18000 = -5 hours, -14400 = -4 hours.