php date with timezone code example

Example 1: php date set utc

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
?>

Example 2: 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 3: php change timezone

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

Example 4: php default timezone

date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Kolkata");
// List of Supported Timezones https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

Example 5: 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');