It Returns the timezone name from abbreviation
Example
<?php
echo timezone_name_from_abbr(“admt”);
?>
Output
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Tag Archives: Time
timezone_location_get
Its an alias of DateTimeZone::getLocation()and returns location information for a timezone
Example
<?php
echo “<pre>”;
$timezone = new DateTimeZone(“Australia/Perth”);
print_r(timezone_location_get($timezone));
?>
Output
Array
(
[country_code] => AU
[latitude] => -31.95
[longitude] => 115.85
[comments] => Western Australia – most locations
)
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
)
timezone_identifiers_list
Its an alias of DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers()and returns numerically index array with all timezone identifiers
Example
<?php
$timezone_identifiers = timezone_identifiers_list();
for ($i=0; $i < 10; $i++)
echo $timezone_identifiers[$i].”<br />”;
?>
s
Output
Africa/Abidjan
Africa/Accra
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Africa/Algiers
Africa/Asmara
Africa/Bamako
Africa/Bangui
Africa/Banjul
Africa/Bissau
Africa/Blantyre
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
)
)
time
It returns current Unix timestamp
Example
<?php
echo time();
?>
Output
1335343399
strtotime
it converts date/time into a Unix timestamp
Example
<?php
echo strtotime(“17 May 1984”);
?>
Output
453580200
strptime
it parses time/date generated with strftime()
Example
<?php
echo “<pre>”;
$format = ‘%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S’;
$strftime = strftime($format);
echo $strftime.”<br />”;
print_r(strptime($strf, $format));
?>
Output
25/04/2012 12:52:25