Tag Archives: Date

DateTimeZone::getLocation

It returns location details of a given timezone
Example

<?php
$timezone_identifiers = timezone_identifiers_list();
for ($i=0; $i < 10; $i++)
echo $timezone_identifiers[$i].”<br />”;

?>
s

Output

Array
(
[country_code] => AU
[latitude] => -31.95
[longitude] => 115.85
[comments] => Western Australia – most locations
)

DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers

It  returns numerically index array with all timezone identifiers
Example

<?php
$timezone_identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers();
for ($i=0; $i < 10; $i++)
echo $timezone_identifiers[$i].”<br />”;

?>

Output

Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Accra
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Africa/Algiers
Africa/Asmara
Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bangui
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Bissau
Africa/Blantyre

timezone_abbreviations_list

Its an alias of DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations()and returns associative array containing dst, offset and the timezone name
Example

<?php
echo “<pre>”;
$timezone = timezone_abbreviations_list();
print_r($timezone[‘admt’]);
?>

Output

Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 9320
[timezone_id] => Africa/Addis_Ababa
)

[1] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 9320
[timezone_id] => Africa/Asmara
)

[2] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 9320
[timezone_id] => Africa/Asmera
)

)

DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations

It returns associative array containing dst, offset and the timezone name
Example

<?php
echo “<pre>”;
$ta = DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations();
print_r($ta[“burt”]);
?>

Output

Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 23400
[timezone_id] => Asia/Kolkata
)

[1] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 23400
[timezone_id] => Asia/Calcutta
)

[2] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 23400
[timezone_id] => Asia/Dacca
)

[3] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 23400
[timezone_id] => Asia/Dhaka
)

[4] => Array
(
[dst] =>
[offset] => 23400
[timezone_id] => Asia/Rangoon
)

)