(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTimeZone::getLocation -- timezone_location_get — Returns location information for a timezone
Object-oriented style
Procedural style
Returns location information for a timezone, including country code, latitude/longitude and comments.
Array containing location information about timezone or false
on failure.
Example #1 DateTimeZone::getLocation() example
<?php
$tz = new DateTimeZone("Asia/Jakarta");
print_r($tz->getLocation());
print_r(timezone_location_get($tz));
?>
The above example will output:
Array ( [country_code] => ID [latitude] => -6.16667 [longitude] => 106.8 [comments] => Java, Sumatra ) Array ( [country_code] => ID [latitude] => -6.16667 [longitude] => 106.8 [comments] => Java, Sumatra )
The country_code
elements contains the ISO 3166-1
alpha-2 country code for each entry. The latitude
and
longitude
elements the coordinates of the named city
from the time zone identifier, and comments
contain
(when not false
) a hint of where in the given country this timezone
applies. This information is suitable to present to end-users.