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The DateTimeZone class

Introduction

Representation of time zone.

DateTimeZone {

/* Constants */

const integer AFRICA = 1 ;

const integer AMERICA = 2 ;

const integer ANTARCTICA = 4 ;

const integer ARCTIC = 8 ;

const integer ASIA = 16 ;

const integer ATLANTIC = 32 ;

const integer AUSTRALIA = 64 ;

const integer EUROPE = 128 ;

const integer INDIAN = 256 ;

const integer PACIFIC = 512 ;

const integer UTC = 1024 ;

const integer ALL = 2047 ;

const integer ALL_WITH_BC = 4095 ;

const integer PER_COUNTRY = 4096 ;

/* Methods */

public __construct ( string $timezone )

public array getLocation ( void )

public string getName ( void )

public int getOffset ( DateTime $datetime )

public array getTransitions ([ int $timestamp_begin [, int $timestamp_end ]] )

public static array listAbbreviations ( void )

public static array listIdentifiers ([ int $what = DateTimeZone::ALL [, string $country = NULL ]] )

}

DateTimeZone::__construct - Creates new DateTimeZone object
DateTimeZone::getLocation - Returns location information for a timezone
DateTimeZone::getName - Returns the name of the timezone
DateTimeZone::getOffset - Returns the timezone offset from GMT
DateTimeZone::getTransitions - Returns all transitions for the timezone
DateTimeZone::listAbbreviations - Returns associative array containing dst, offset and the timezone name
DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers - Returns numerically index array with all timezone identifiers