wp_timezone_string()
Retrieves the timezone from site settings as a string.
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'
Used By: wp_timezone()
1 time — 0.0030341 sec (very slow) | 50000 times — 1.60 sec (fast)
No Hooks.
Return
String
. PHP timezone name or a ±HH:MM offset.
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 6.7.1
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; }