DateTimeInterface::getOffset

DateTimeImmutable::getOffset

DateTime::getOffset

date_offset_get

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateTimeInterface::getOffset -- DateTimeImmutable::getOffset -- DateTime::getOffset -- date_offset_getReturns the timezone offset

Description

Object-oriented style

public DateTimeInterface::getOffset(): int
public DateTimeImmutable::getOffset(): int
public DateTime::getOffset(): int

Procedural style

Returns the timezone offset.

Parameters

object

Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()

Return Values

Returns the timezone offset in seconds from UTC on success.

Examples

Example #1 DateTime::getOffset() example

Object-oriented style

<?php
$winter
= new DateTimeImmutable('2010-12-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
$summer = new DateTimeImmutable('2008-06-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));

echo
$winter->getOffset() . "\n";
echo
$summer->getOffset() . "\n";
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$winter
= date_create('2010-12-21', timezone_open('America/New_York'));
$summer = date_create('2008-06-21', timezone_open('America/New_York'));

echo
date_offset_get($winter) . "\n";
echo
date_offset_get($summer) . "\n";
?>

The above examples will output:

-18000
-14400

Note: -18000 = -5 hours, -14400 = -4 hours.