Print comments associated with timezones for a specific country. In this example, print all the comments for Canadian timezones.
<?php
$timeZones = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers(DateTimeZone::PER_COUNTRY, 'CA');
foreach ( $timeZones as $key => $zoneName )
{
$tz = new DateTimeZone($zoneName);
$loc = $tz->getLocation();
print($zoneName . " = " . $loc['comments'] . "<br>");
}
?>
Output:
America/Atikokan = Eastern Standard Time - Atikokan, Ontario and Southampton I, Nunavut
America/Blanc-Sablon = Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec - Lower North Shore
America/Cambridge_Bay = Mountain Time - west Nunavut
America/Dawson = Pacific Time - north Yukon
America/Dawson_Creek = Mountain Standard Time - Dawson Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia
America/Edmonton = Mountain Time - Alberta, east British Columbia & west Saskatchewan
...(snip)...
DateTimeZone::getLocation
timezone_location_get
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTimeZone::getLocation -- timezone_location_get — Returns location information for a timezone
Description
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Returns location information for a timezone, including country code, latitude/longitude and comments.
Return Values
Array containing location information about timezone or false on failure.
Examples
Example #1 DateTimeZone::getLocation() example
<?php
$tz = new DateTimeZone("Europe/Prague");
print_r($tz->getLocation());
print_r(timezone_location_get($tz));
?>The above example will output:
Array
(
[country_code] => CZ
[latitude] => 50.08333
[longitude] => 14.43333
[comments] =>
)
Array
(
[country_code] => CZ
[latitude] => 50.08333
[longitude] => 14.43333
[comments] =>
)
See Also
- DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers() - Returns a numerically indexed array containing all defined timezone identifiers to get a full or partial list of all supported timezone identifiers
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