Req #81194 [Nab]: Get Timezone abbreviation

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81194&edit=1 ID: 81194 User updated by: syl dot fabre at gmail dot com Reported by: syl dot fabre at gmail dot com Summary: Get Timezone abbreviation Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This was not a bug report but a feature request :) Thank you for the explanation about daylight saving. I understand now why the abbreviation comes from \DateTime::format() and cannot come from the \DateTimeZone itself. have a nice day Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-06-23 08:28:56] derick@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php The abbreviation depends on the date, for example whether Daylight Saving Time is in effect (EDT vs EST), and also on historical data. Abbreviations are not uniquely identifying a specific timezone either (PST can also be Pakistan Standard Time). Because these abbreviations are strictly display only marks (like am/pm), if would not be appropriate to have a specific method for this, and certainly not straight on DateTimezone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2021-06-23 07:58:08] syl dot fabre at gmail dot com Description: ------------ PHP uses the tz database for timezone with names like America/New_York. But most people in the US use abbreviated names like EST (for instance https://www.juneteenthny.com/schedule) This abbreviated name can be found with (new \DateTime('now', 'America/New_York'))->format('T') as explained in this comment: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.timezone-abbreviations-list.php#97472 I would expect to get this abbreviation from a public method of \DateTimeZone with something like this: $tz = new \DateTimeZone('America/New_York'); $tz->getAbbreviation(); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81194&edit=1