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PHP : Function Reference : Date and Time Functions : timezone_name_from_abbr

timezone_name_from_abbr

Returns the timezone name from abbrevation (PHP 5 >= 5.1.3)
string timezone_name_from_abbr ( string abbr [, int gmtOffset [, int isdst]] )

Parameters

abbr: Time zone abbreviation.
gmtOffset: Offset from GMT in seconds. Defaults to -1 which means that first found time zone corresponding to abbr is returned. Otherwise exact offset is searched and only if not found then the first time zone with any offset is returned.
isdst: Daylight saving time indicator. If abbr doesn't exist then the time zone is searched solely by offset and isdst.

Return Values

Returns time zone name on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example 468. A timezone_name_from_abbr() example

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<?php
echo timezone_name_from_abbr("CET") . "\n";

echo timezone_name_from_abbr("", 3600, 0) . "\n";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

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Europe/Berlin

Europe/Paris

See Also

timezone_abbreviations_list()

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