IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone

datefmt_set_timezone

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 3.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone -- datefmt_set_timezoneSets formatterʼs timezone

Description

Object oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone ( mixed $zone ) : bool

Procedural style

datefmt_set_timezone ( IntlDateFormatter $fmt , mixed $zone ) : bool

Sets the timezone used for the IntlDateFormatter. object.

Parameters

fmt

The formatter resource.

zone

The timezone to use for this formatter. This can be specified in the following forms:

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone() examples

<?php
ini_set
('date.timezone''Europe/Amsterdam');

$formatter IntlDateFormatter::create(NULLNULLNULL"UTC");

$formatter->setTimeZone(NULL);
echo 
"NULL\n    "$formatter->getTimeZone()->getId(), "\n";

$formatter->setTimeZone(IntlTimeZone::createTimeZone('Europe/Lisbon'));
echo 
"IntlTimeZone\n    "$formatter->getTimeZone()->getId(), "\n";

$formatter->setTimeZone(new DateTimeZone('Europe/Paris'));
echo 
"DateTimeZone\n    "$formatter->getTimeZone()->getId(), "\n";

$formatter->setTimeZone('Europe/Rome');
echo 
"String\n    "$formatter->getTimeZone()->getId(), "\n";

$formatter->setTimeZone('GMT+00:30');
print_r($formatter->getTimeZone());

The above example will output:

NULL
    Europe/Amsterdam
IntlTimeZone
    Europe/Lisbon
DateTimeZone
    Europe/Paris
String
    Europe/Rome
IntlTimeZone Object
(
    [valid] => 1
    [id] => GMT+00:30
    [rawOffset] => 1800000
    [currentOffset] => 1800000
)

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