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