PHP timezone_name_get() Function

Definition and Usage

The timezone_name_get() function is an alias of DateTimeZone::getName(). It accepts a DateTimeZone object as a parameter and returns its timezone.

Syntax

timezone_name_get($object)

Parameters

Return Values

PHP timezone_name_get() function returns a string value specifying the timezone of the given object.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5.2.0 and, works with all the later versions.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the timezone_name_get() function −

<?php
   //setting the timezone
   $tz = new DateTimeZone('Indian/Mahe');   
   $res = timezone_name_get($tz);
   print("Timezone: ".$res);
?>

This will produce following result −

Timezone: Indian/Mahe

Example

$dateSrc = '2007-04-19 12:50 GMT';
$dateTime = date_create( $dateSrc);
$DateTimeZone = timezone_open ( 'America/Chicago' );   
date_timezone_set( $dateTime, $DateTimeZone );
$NewDateTimeZone = date_timezone_get($dateTime);   
echo 'New timeZone is '. timezone_name_get($NewDateTimeZone);
echo "\n";
# Using second function.
$dateTime = new DateTime($dateSrc);
$DateTimeZone = timezone_open ( 'America/Chicago' );
$dateTime->setTimezone( $DateTimeZone );   
echo 'New timeZone is '. $DateTimeZone->getName ();

This will produce the following result −

New timeZone is America/Chicago
New timeZone is America/Chicago