set date timezone php code example

Example 1: date_default_timezone_set for india in php

<?php
	date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Kolkata");   //India time (GMT+5:30)
	echo date('d-m-Y H:i:s');
?>

Example 2: php change timezone

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

Example 3: php current datettime us time zone

<?php
$date = new DateTime("now", new DateTimeZone('America/New_York') );
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Example 4: php datetime set timezone

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