DateTime::setTimezone
PHP function
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(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
Description
Oop
DateTime::setTimezone(DateTimeZone $timezone): DateTime
Procedural
date_timezone_set(DateTime $object, DateTimeZone $timezone): DateTime
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.
Parameters
timezoneA
DateTimeZoneobject representing the desired time zone.
Return Values
Returns the DateTime object for method chaining. The underlying point-in-time is not changed when calling this method.
Examples
DateTime::setTimeZone() example
Oop
php
<?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";The above example will output:
output
2000-01-01 00:00:00+12:00
2000-01-01 01:45:00+13:45Procedural
php
<?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 example will output:
output
2000-01-01 00:00:00+12:00
2000-01-01 01:45:00+13:45