date.timezone php.ini code example

Example 1: php get timezone

echo date_default_timezone_get(); //UTC

//Read more at https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-get.php

Example 2: php change timezone

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

Example 3: Pacific Daylight Time Zone php

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles'); // or wherever you are

$time = time();

if ($time >= strtotime("Second Sunday March 0")  && $time < strtotime("First Sunday November 0")) 
{

    echo date('m/d/y h:i a', $time);

} else {

    echo date('m/d/y h:i a', $time);

}

Example 4: php datetime set timezone

$date = new \DateTime();
$date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('+0800')); //GMT
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// 2020-11-20 15:23:49