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IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone

datefmt_set_timezone

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 3.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone -- datefmt_set_timezoneSets formatterʼs timezone

Description

Object-oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone(IntlTimeZone|DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone): bool

Procedural style

datefmt_set_timezone(IntlDateFormatter $formatter, IntlTimeZone|DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone): bool

Sets the timezone used for the IntlDateFormatter. object.

Parameters

formatter

The formatter resource.

timezone

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

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.3.0 This function now returns true on success; previously it returns null.

Examples

Example #1 IntlDateFormatter::setTimeZone() examples

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

$formatter = IntlDateFormatter::create(NULL, NULL, NULL, "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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