wp_timezone() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

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.

DateTimeZone Timezone object.

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

Uses	Description
wp_timezone_string()`wp-includes/functions.php`	Retrieves the timezone of the site as a string.

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.

Version	Description
5.3.0	Introduced.