date_offset_get()

date_offset_get() — Alias of DateTime::getOffset().

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

date_offset_get() is an alias of DateTime::getOffset(): same parameters, same return value.

Signature

date_offset_get(DateTimeInterface $object): int

Parameters

ParameterTypeWhat it takes
$objectDateTimeInterfaceProcedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()

Return value

Returns the timezone offset in seconds from UTC on success.

Example

A runnable snippet:

$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";

Output:

-18000 -14400

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Reference card built from the PHP manual page date_offset_get() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.