date_offset_get

Definition and usage

date_offset_get() function returns the time zone offset.

Example

Returns the time zone offset in seconds for winter and summer in New York relative to UTC:

 <?php
$winter = date_create ( "2016-10-15" , timezone_open ( "America/New_York" ) ) ;
$summer = date_create ( "2016-01-28" , timezone_open ( "America/New_York" ) ) ;

echo date_offset_get ( $winter ) . " seconds.<br />" ;
echo date_offset_get ( $summer ) . " Second." ;
?>

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grammar

 date_offset_get ( object ) ;