Comments on: Easily calculate dates and times in different timezones http://frankkoehl.com/2008/11/easily-calculate-dates-and-times-in-different-timezones/ The more you know, the more you don't know Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Frank http://frankkoehl.com/2008/11/easily-calculate-dates-and-times-in-different-timezones/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Frank Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:43:44 +0000 http://frankkoehl.com/?p=157#comment-256 Nice job! The ability to "function-ize" a given code snippet is always a clear sign that someone has grasped the concept(s) at work. This is precisely why I usually don't provide functions, opting instead for blocks of code that people can read, understand, and then apply. Nice job! The ability to “function-ize” a given code snippet is always a clear sign that someone has grasped the concept(s) at work. This is precisely why I usually don’t provide functions, opting instead for blocks of code that people can read, understand, and then apply.

]]> By: Godfried http://frankkoehl.com/2008/11/easily-calculate-dates-and-times-in-different-timezones/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Godfried Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:14:49 +0000 http://frankkoehl.com/?p=157#comment-229 Hi Frank, Thanks for your post. I made a function from your post that outputs a the time in another timezone with a give time in another timezone.: function time_in_other_tz($source_time,$source_tz,$destination_tz) { $currentTimeZone = date_default_timezone_get(); date_default_timezone_set($source_tz); $datetime = new DateTime($source_time); $tz = new DateTimeZone($destination_tz); $datetime->setTimezone($tz); $toReturn = $datetime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); date_default_timezone_set($currentTimeZone); return $toReturn; } $source_time = "2008-12-29 19:10:20"; $source_tz = 'Europe/Amsterdam'; $destination_tz = 'Europe/Moscow'; echo time_in_other_tz($source_time,$source_tz,$destination_tz); Hi Frank,

Thanks for your post.
I made a function from your post that outputs a the time in another timezone with a give time in another timezone.:

function time_in_other_tz($source_time,$source_tz,$destination_tz) {

$currentTimeZone = date_default_timezone_get();
date_default_timezone_set($source_tz);
$datetime = new DateTime($source_time);
$tz = new DateTimeZone($destination_tz);
$datetime->setTimezone($tz);
$toReturn = $datetime->format(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’);
date_default_timezone_set($currentTimeZone);

return $toReturn;
}

$source_time = “2008-12-29 19:10:20″;
$source_tz = ‘Europe/Amsterdam’;
$destination_tz = ‘Europe/Moscow’;

echo time_in_other_tz($source_time,$source_tz,$destination_tz);

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