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# PHP Function date_default_timezone_get()

## Syntax

string date_default_timezone_get ( void );

## Definition and Usage

Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script.

This functions returns the default timezone, using the following "guess" order:

- The timezone set using the date_default_timezone_set() function (if any)

- The TZ environment variable (if non empty)

- The date.timezone ini option (if set)

- "magical" guess (if the operating system supports it)

- If none of the above options succeeds, return UTC

## Paramters

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
void | NA

## Return Value

Returns a string.

## Example

Following is the usage of this function:

    <?php
       echo "Old time zone is ". date_default_timezone_get();
       $timeZone = 'America/Costa_Rica';
       if( date_default_timezone_set( $timeZone) ){
          # Now get this time zone.
          echo "New time zone is ". date_default_timezone_get();
       }
    ?>

This will produce following result:

    Old time zone is America/Denver
    New time zone is America/Costa_Rica

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