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date_default_timezone_get — Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script

Description

date_default_timezone_get(): string

• Reading the timezone set using thedate_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.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a string.

Examples

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() . "\n";
}

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

See Also

• date_default_timezone_set() - Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
• List of Supported Timezones

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