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wp_timezone(): DateTimeZone

Retrieves the timezone of the site as a DateTimeZone object.

Description

Timezone can be based on a PHP timezone string or a ±HH:MM offset.

Return

DateTimeZone Timezone object.

Source

File: wp-includes/functions.php. View all references

function wp_timezone() {
	return new DateTimeZone( wp_timezone_string() );
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp_timezone_string() wp-includes/functions.php

Retrieves the timezone of the site as a string.

Used By

Used By Description
current_datetime() wp-includes/functions.php

Retrieves the current time as an object using the site’s timezone.
wp_date() wp-includes/functions.php

Retrieves the date, in localized format.
get_post_datetime() wp-includes/general-template.php

Retrieves post published or modified time as a DateTimeImmutable object instance.
get_gmt_from_date() wp-includes/formatting.php

Given a date in the timezone of the site, returns that date in UTC.
get_date_from_gmt() wp-includes/formatting.php

Given a date in UTC or GMT timezone, returns that date in the timezone of the site.
iso8601_to_datetime() wp-includes/formatting.php

Given an ISO 8601 (Ymd\TH:i:sO) date, returns a MySQL DateTime (Y-m-d H:i:s) format used by post_date[_gmt].
date_i18n() wp-includes/functions.php

Retrieves the date in localized format, based on a sum of Unix timestamp and timezone offset in seconds.
mysql2date() wp-includes/functions.php

Converts given MySQL date string into a different format.
current_time() wp-includes/functions.php

Retrieves the current time based on specified type.
WP_Date_Query::build_mysql_datetime() wp-includes/class-wp-date-query.php

Builds a MySQL format date/time based on some query parameters.

Changelog

Version Description
5.3.0 Introduced.

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