PHP Function date_default_timezone_get()

Syntax

string date_default_timezone_get ( void );

Definition and Usage

Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script.

This functions returns the default timezone, using the following "guess" order:

The timezone set using the date_default_timezone_set() function (if any)
The TZ environment variable (if non empty)
The date.timezone ini option (if set)
"magical" guess (if the operating system supports it)
If none of the above options succeeds, return UTC

Paramters

Parameter	Description
void	NA

Return Value

Returns a string.

Example

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php
   echo "Old time zone is ". date_default_timezone_get();
   $timeZone = 'America/Costa_Rica';
   if( date_default_timezone_set( $timeZone) ){
      # Now get this time zone.
      echo "New time zone is ". date_default_timezone_get();
   }
?>

This will produce following result:

Old time zone is America/Denver
New time zone is America/Costa_Rica