DateTime
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DateTime::setTimezone

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

DateTime::setTimezone — Sets the time zone for the DateTime object

Description

public DateTime DateTime::setTimezone ( DateTimeZone $timezone )
DateTime date_timezone_set ( DateTime $object , DateTimeZone $timezone )

Parameters

object

Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()

timezone

Desired time zone.

Return Values

Returns the modified DateTime.

Changelog

Version Description
5.3.0 Changed the return value from NULL to DateTime.

Examples

Example #1 Setting and getting DateTimeZone objects

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');

$datetime = new DateTime('2008-08-03 12:35:23');
echo $datetime->getTimezone()->getName() . "\n";

$datetime = new DateTime('2008-08-03 12:35:23');
$la_time = new DateTimeZone('America/Los_Angeles');
$datetime->setTimezone($la_time);
echo $datetime->getTimezone()->getName();
?>

The above example will output:

Europe/London
America/Los_Angeles

See Also

DateTime
PHP Manual