note 81712 added to function.date

If you simply want to extract the timezone offset and have PHP 5, so <?php date('O'); ?> does not work (as known from PHP4; under v5 this emits a E_COMPAT), there is only little effort needed to have the same functionality in PHP 5: <?php // PHP 4: date('O') returns something like '+0100' // PHP 5 version: $dt = new DateTime(); $tz = $dt->getTimezone(); $hours = sprintf('%02d', (int)$tz->getOffset($dt) / 3600); $mins = sprintf('%02d', $tz->getOffset($dt) % 3600); $sign = $tz->getOffset($dt) > 0 ? '+' : '-'; echo $sign, $hours, $mins, "\n"; // gives also '+0100' ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 84.58.142.70 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/81712 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81712/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81712/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81712/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81712/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81712/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81712/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81712 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/81712 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php