DateTime in php with timezone

Question

I have a question. I try to use datetime in php. I did :

$now = new \DateTime();

When I print_r the $now I have :

DateTime Object
(
  [date] => 2016-12-01 05:55:01
  [timezone_type] => 3
  [timezone] => Europe/Helsinki
)

When I look at clock I have 16:05. I need to set the timezone ? I want to use Bucharest timezone. How I can get the right date and hour ? Thx in advance

Karol Gasienica · Answer 1 · 2016-12-01T14:37:25.570

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You have two ways to set right timezone. It is object way and procedural way.

Examples

Object

$datetime = new DateTime();
$timezone = new DateTimeZone('Europe/Bucharest');
$datetime->setTimezone($timezone);
echo $datetime->format('F d, Y H:i');

Procedural

date_default_timezone_set("Europe/Bucharest");
$date = date('F d, Y H:i');
echo $date;

Manuals

Update

Check code below, may it will work for you:

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
$datetime = new DateTime();
$timezone = new DateTimeZone('Europe/Bucharest');
$datetime->setTimezone($timezone);
echo $datetime->format('F d, Y H:i');
?>

edited Dec 01 '16 at 14:37

answered Dec 01 '16 at 14:20

Karol Gasienica

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It gives `December 01, 2016 16:35`, and that's time in Bucharest now. – Karol Gasienica Dec 01 '16 at 14:35
I got `December 01, 2016 06:25 ` – Harea Costicla Dec 01 '16 at 14:35
Garsienica, not work :( I got `December 01, 2016 06:29` – Harea Costicla Dec 01 '16 at 14:39
Strange... it works there: http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/48cfb8f22a92310f7556e40f02df8fb71372dad6 – Karol Gasienica Dec 01 '16 at 14:40

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 01 '16 at 14:12

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There are examples in the manual, you can set the timezone on the instantiation of the DateTime class like this

$now = new \DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Europe/Bucharest'));

answered Dec 01 '16 at 14:12

RiggsFolly

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I have this : `DateTime Object ( [date] => 2016-12-01 06:09:43 [timezone_type] => 3 [timezone] => Europe/Bucharest ) ` – Harea Costicla Dec 01 '16 at 14:22
But the hour now is `16:22` – Harea Costicla Dec 01 '16 at 14:22
The time in Bucharest is 16:22 @ UTC 14:22 – RiggsFolly Dec 01 '16 at 14:33
Where are you located? – RiggsFolly Dec 01 '16 at 14:36
Then you are doing something else other than what you have shown us to the `$now` variable – RiggsFolly Dec 01 '16 at 14:39
I use a virtual machine, and this machine have linux – Harea Costicla Dec 01 '16 at 14:41
And this machine have : `Thu Dec 1 06:32:44 EET 2016` – Harea Costicla Dec 01 '16 at 14:43
it's a way to get the date not depending OS – Harea Costicla Dec 01 '16 at 14:45

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 01 '16 at 14:08

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put this line of code above your script:

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Bucharest');

answered Dec 01 '16 at 14:08

kerv

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 24 '20 at 14:33

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<?php

    $datetime = new DateTime( "now", new DateTimeZone( "Europe/Bucharest" ) );

    echo $datetime->format( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' );

Demo repl.it

answered Dec 24 '20 at 14:33

antelove

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 01 '16 at 14:13

You can use setTimezone() method of DateTime class to set the timezone to Europe/Bucharest, like this:

$now = new \DateTime();
$now->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Europe/Bucharest'));

Here's the reference:

http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.settimezone.php

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