wp_timezone_string() │ WP 5.3.0

Gets the time zone from the site settings (as a string).

The data is taken as is from the option get_option( 'timezone_string' ). If this option is empty, the result will be assembled based on data from another option: get_option( 'gmt_offset' ).

Used By: wp_timezone()

1 time — 0.0030341 sec (very slow) | 50000 times — 1.60 sec (fast)

No Hooks.

Returns

String. The time zone or the time zone offset in the format: ±HH:MM.

Usage

wp_timezone_string();

Examples

#1 Demo

echo wp_timezone_string(); // Asia/Tashkent

// when the timezone_string option is empty
echo wp_timezone_string(); // +02:00

Changelog

Since 5.3.0

Introduced.

`wp_timezone_string() wp timezone string` code ^{WP 6.9}

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;
}