If you construct DateTimeZone from locale name, like "Europe/Moscow", getName() returns named timezone from list.
<?php
$tz = new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Moscow');
echo $tz->getName(); // Europe/Moscow
?>
But if you use offset string, like "+0300", getName() returns new offset string instead of name.
<?php
$tz = new \DateTimeZone('+0300');
echo $tz->getName(); // +03:00
?>
It makes sense, but it's not obvious and not documented there.
DateTimeZone::getName
timezone_name_get
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTimeZone::getName -- timezone_name_get — Returns the name of the timezone
Description
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Returns the name of the timezone.
Parameters
-
object -
The DateTimeZone for which to get a name.
Return Values
Depending on zone type, UTC offset (type 1), timezone abbreviation (type
2), and timezone identifiers as published in the IANA timezone database
(type 3), the descriptor string to create a new
DateTimeZone object with the same offset and/or
rules. For example 02:00, CEST, or
one of the timezone names in the list of
timezones.
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man dot of dot grief at gmail dot com (Evgenii Kletsov) ¶
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