date_default_timezone_get() function in PHP

The date_default_timezone_get() function returns the default time zone.

Syntax

date_default_timezone_get(void)

Parameters

• void − NA

Return

The date_default_timezone_get() function returns a string.

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   echo "Old time zone is ". date_default_timezone_get();
   $timeZone = 'America/Costa_Rica';

   if( date_default_timezone_set( $timeZone) ){
      # Now get this time zone.
      echo "New time zone is ". date_default_timezone_get();
   }
?>

Output

The following is the output −

Old time zone is UTC
New time zone is America/Costa_Rica

Example

Let us see another example −

<?php
   echo date_default_timezone_get();
?>

Output

The following is the output −

UTC