PHP Manual: Get formatterʼs timezone

Description

Object oriented style

public IntlTimeZone IntlDateFormatter::getTimeZone ( void )

Procedural style

IntlTimeZone datefmt_get_timezone ( void )

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.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The associated IntlTimeZone object or FALSE on failure.

Examples

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

IntlDateFormatter::getTimeZone

datefmt_get_timezone

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