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(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
date_default_timezone_get — Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
In order of preference, this function returns the default timezone by:
Reading the timezone set using the date_default_timezone_set() function (if any)
Reading the value of the date.timezone ini option (if set)
If none of the above succeed, date_default_timezone_get()
will return a default timezone of UTC
.
This function has no parameters.
Returns a string.
Example #1 Getting the default timezone
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
if (date_default_timezone_get()) {
echo 'date_default_timezone_set: ' . date_default_timezone_get() . '<br />';
}
if (ini_get('date.timezone')) {
echo 'date.timezone: ' . ini_get('date.timezone');
}
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
date_default_timezone_set: Europe/London date.timezone: Europe/London
Example #2 Getting the abbreviation of a timezone
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
echo date_default_timezone_get() . ' => ' . date('e') . ' => ' . date('T');
?>
The above example will output:
America/Los_Angeles => America/Los_Angeles => PST