wp_timezone_string()
Retrieves the timezone of the site as a string.
Description
Uses the timezone_string option to get a proper timezone name if available, otherwise falls back to a manual UTC ± offset.
Example return values:
- ‘Europe/Rome’
- ‘America/North_Dakota/New_Salem’
- ‘UTC’
- ‘-06:30’
- ‘+00:00’
- ‘+08:45’
Return
(string) PHP timezone name or a ±HH:MM offset.
Source
File: wp-includes/functions.php
function wp_timezone_string() {
$timezone_string = get_option( 'timezone_string' );
if ( $timezone_string ) {
return $timezone_string;
}
$offset = (float) get_option( 'gmt_offset' );
$hours = (int) $offset;
$minutes = ( $offset - $hours );
$sign = ( $offset < 0 ) ? '-' : '+';
$abs_hour = abs( $hours );
$abs_mins = abs( $minutes * 60 );
$tz_offset = sprintf( '%s%02d:%02d', $sign, $abs_hour, $abs_mins );
return $tz_offset;
}
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Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.0 | Introduced. |
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/** * If you want to show both timezone_string & gmt_offset * Preview: Asia/Dhaka [+06:00] or +06:00 */ // function goes to theme's functions.php file or plugin's file function wpdocs_custom_timezone_string() { $timezone_string = get_option( 'timezone_string' ); $offset = (float) get_option( 'gmt_offset' ); $hours = (int) $offset; $minutes = ( $offset - $hours ); $sign = ( $offset < 0 ) ? '-' : '+'; $abs_hour = abs( $hours ); $abs_mins = abs( $minutes * 60 ); $tz_offset = sprintf( '%s%02d:%02d', $sign, $abs_hour, $abs_mins ); $timezone = $timezone_string ? $timezone_string . ' [' . $tz_offset . ']' : $tz_offset; return $timezone; } // Usage echo esc_html( wpdocs_custom_timezone_string() );Expand full source codeCollapse full source code