DateTimeInterface::getOffset
PHP function
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(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Returns the timezone offset
Description
Oop
DateTimeInterface::getOffset(): int
DateTimeImmutable::getOffset(): int
DateTime::getOffset(): int
Procedural
date_offset_get(DateTimeInterface $object): int
Returns the timezone offset.
Parameters
Return Values
Returns the timezone offset in seconds from UTC on success.
Examples
DateTime::getOffset() example
Oop
php
<?php
$winter = new DateTimeImmutable('2010-12-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
$summer = new DateTimeImmutable('2008-06-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
echo $winter->getOffset() . "\n";
echo $summer->getOffset() . "\n";The above example will output:
output
-18000
-14400Procedural
php
<?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 example will output:
output
-18000
-14400Note: -18000 = -5 hours, -14400 = -4 hours.