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_get — Returns the timezone offset

Description

Object-oriented style

public DateTimeInterface::getOffset(): int

public DateTimeImmutable::getOffset(): int

public DateTime::getOffset(): int

Procedural style

date_offset_get(DateTimeInterface $object): int

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.

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