date_default_timezone_set

date_default_timezone_set

Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script

bool **date_default_timezone_set** string $timezoneId

sets the default timezone

used by all date/time functions. date_default_timezone_set

Instead of using this function to set the default timezone in your script, you can also use the INI setting to set the default timezone. date.timezone

timezoneId The timezone identifier, like , , , or . The list of valid identifiers is available in the . UTC``Africa/Lagos``Asia/Hong_Kong``Europe/Lisbon

This function returns false if the isn't valid, or true otherwise. timezoneId

Voorbeeld: Getting the default timezone

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

$script_tz = date_default_timezone_get();
$ini_tz = ini_get('date.timezone');

if (strcmp($script_tz, $ini_tz)){
    echo 'Script timezone differs from ini-set timezone.';
} else {
    echo 'Script timezone and ini-set timezone match.';
}

date_default_timezone_get