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# DateTimeZone::__construct

# timezone_open

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateTimeZone::__construct -- timezone_open — Creates new DateTimeZone object

### Description

Object-oriented style

public DateTimeZone::__construct(string `$timezone`)

Procedural style

timezone_open(string `$timezone`): DateTimeZone|false

Creates a new DateTimeZone object.

A DateTimeZone object provides access to three different types of timezone rules: UTC offset (type `1`), timezone abbreviation (type `2`), and timezone identifiers as published in the IANA timezone database (type `3`).

The DateTimeZone object can be attached to DateTime and DateTimeImmutable objects to be able to render the timezone encapsulated by these objects in a local timezone.

### Parameters

`timezone`

  One of the supported timezone names, an offset value (+0200), or a timezone abbreviation (BST).

### Return Values

Returns DateTimeZone on success. Procedural style returns `false` on failure.

### Errors/Exceptions

This method throws DateInvalidTimeZoneException if the timezone supplied is not recognised as a valid timezone. Prior to PHP 8.3, this was an Exception instead.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
8.3.0 | Invalid values now return a DateInvalidTimeZoneException instead of a generic Exception.

### Examples

Example #1 Creating and attaching DateTimeZone to a DateTimeImmutable

    <?php
    $d = new DateTimeImmutable("2022-06-02 15:44:48 UTC");

    $timezones = [ 'Europe/London', 'GMT+04:45', '-06:00', 'CEST' ];

    foreach ($timezones as $tz) {
        $tzo = new DateTimeZone($tz);

        $local = $d->setTimezone($tzo);
        echo $local->format(DateTimeInterface::RFC2822 . ' — e'), "\n";
    }
    ?>

The above example will output:

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:44:48 +0100 — Europe/London
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 20:29:48 +0445 — +04:45
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:44:48 -0600 — -06:00
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:44:48 +0200 — CEST

Example #2 Catching errors when instantiating DateTimeZone

    <?php
    // Error handling by catching exceptions
    $timezones = array('Europe/London', 'Mars/Phobos', 'Jupiter/Europa');

    foreach ($timezones as $tz) {
        try {
            $mars = new DateTimeZone($tz);
        } catch(Exception $e) {
            echo $e->getMessage() . '<br />';
        }
    }
    ?>

The above example will output:

    DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Mars/Phobos)
    DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Jupiter/Europa)