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get_date_from_gmt()

get_date_from_gmt( string $date_string, string $format = ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’ ): string

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Given a date in UTC or GMT timezone, returns that date in the timezone of the site.

Description

Requires a date in the Y-m-d H:i:s format.
Default return format of ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’ can be overridden using the $format parameter.

Parameters

$date_stringstringrequired
The date to be converted, in UTC or GMT timezone.
$formatstringoptional
The format string for the returned date.

Default:'Y-m-d H:i:s'

Return

string Formatted version of the date, in the site’s timezone.

Source

function get_date_from_gmt( $date_string, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ) {
	$datetime = date_create( $date_string, new DateTimeZone( 'UTC' ) );

	if ( false === $datetime ) {
		return gmdate( $format, 0 );
	}

	return $datetime->setTimezone( wp_timezone() )->format( $format );
}

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UsesDescription
wp_timezone()wp-includes/functions.php

Retrieves the timezone of the site as a DateTimeZone object.

Used byDescription
wp_resolve_post_date()wp-includes/post.php

Uses wp_checkdate to return a valid Gregorian-calendar value for post_date.

WP_Customize_Manager::save_changeset_post()wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php

Saves the post for the loaded changeset.

rest_get_date_with_gmt()wp-includes/rest-api.php

Parses a date into both its local and UTC equivalent, in MySQL datetime format.

wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_editComment()wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php

Edits a comment.

Changelog

VersionDescription
1.2.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    get_date_from_gmt() does not accept a Unix Timestamp because date_create() doesn’t.

    If you need to provide a Unix Timestamp, you will need to convert it to a different format first like the following example:

    <?php

$utc_timestamp = 1623096269;

// This is a format that date_create() will accept
$utc_timestamp_converted = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $utc_timestamp );

$output_format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';

// Now we can use our timestamp with get_date_from_gmt()
$local_timestamp = get_date_from_gmt( $utc_timestamp_converted, $output_format );

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