Get the timezone offset in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to get the timezone offset.
Example
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<?php
$winter = new DateTime('2010-12-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
$summer = new DateTime('2008-06-21', new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
echo $winter->getOffset() . "\n";
echo $summer->getOffset() . "\n";
?>
The code above generates the following result.
