How to Convert Date or Time to any Timezone and Dateformat with PHP
Date manipulation is a common and extremely useful development task. It was never easy with PHP, until PHP5 and DateTime class. There are many cases you need to convert dates.…
Check if a String represents a Valid Timezone with PHP
Sometimes you want to check if a string represents a valid timezone. Using PHP versions greater than 5.2, timezone_identifiers_list() could be a solution. Take a look in the following function:…
Easily Create a Timezone List with PHP
Sometimes, you want to create a list of available time zones to prompt your user to select his/her time zone. Fortunately, PHP offers timezone_identifiers_list (PHP 5 >= 5.2.0). You can…
How to Get Current Datetime (NOW) with PHP
To get current datetime (now) with PHP you can use date with any PHP version, or better datetime class with PHP >= 5.2 Various date format expressions are available here.…
Handling Dates with PHP5 in Any Database
The problem Date handling with PHP is a complex task, especially when application users are located in different timezones (all over the world) and they are using different date format…