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PHP TimeZone City: Get timezone information from a MySQL database

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This class can get timezone information from a MySQL database.

It can query a MySQL database table to retrieve details about different timezone details.

Currently it can the list of all time zones sorted by given criteria, check if a given timezone is valid, get the details of a timezone, get the nearest timezone of a place given the geographic coordinates and the country and get the time offset of a timezone relative to GMT.

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The time of a given place on Earth is derived from the location timezone.

This class can retrieve timezone information from a database, so it can determine the timezone of a location and then computes the timezone region time.

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Time Zone City

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Detects nearest timezone (and country etc.) for given coordinates and more!

This PHP timezone library -- * detects nearest timezone for given coordinates * detects nearest country for given coordinates * generates HTML code for timezone select with customizable configuration * validates a timezone db name (e.g. 'Asia/Dubai') * returns time offset in seconds for given timezone * returns information for given timezone (see below ?) * returns Google Maps API place_id for given timezone * returns 3-5 character abbreviation for given timezone (CEST, BST, GMT, EST). This works where the native PHP DateTimeZone fails!

Each zone includes these details: * timezone db name (e.g. 'Asia/Dubai') * 3-5 character abbreviation (both standard and daylight time, e.g. 'PST' and 'PDT') ? * full name of time zone (both standard and daylight time, e.g. 'Pacific Standard Time' and 'Pacific Daylight Time') ? * offset in hours (both standard and daylight time; useful for sorting) ? * place name (city) * Google Maps API place_id (useful for translation of place name) * region code * region name * country code * country name * latitude * longitude

Upgrading from versions older than 2019-02-05

The version released on 2019-02-05 is a major revamp with code improvements and database expansion. Make sure you import the database dump if your existing Time Zone City is older than 2019-02-05.

Usage

Get name of timezone from country code, latitude and longitude:

use peterkahl\TimeZoneCity\TimeZoneCity;

$link = mysqli_connect($DB_HOSTNAME, $DB_USERNAME, $DB_PASSWORD, $DB_DBNAME);

mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8mb4");

$zoneObj = new TimeZoneCity;
$zoneObj->dbresource = $link;

$country   = 'ru';
$latitude  = 55.61;
$longitude = 38.76;

print_r($zoneObj->GetNearestZone($country, $latitude, $longitude), true);

/*
Array
(
    [time_zone] => Europe/Moscow
    [std_abbr] => MSK
    [dst_abbr] =>
    [std_offset] => 3
    [dst_offset] => 3
    [std_full] => Moscow Time
    [dst_full] =>
    [place_name] => Moscow
    [place_id] => ChIJybDUc_xKtUYRTM9XV8zWRD0
    [region_code] =>
    [region_name] => Moskva Oblast
    [country_code] => RU
    [country_name] => Russia
    [latitude] => 55.755826
    [longitude] => 37.6173
)
*/

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# GEOCODING
# If we don't know the country code (or the code is erorrneous),
# latitude and longitude will be used to determine the nearest timezone, country etc.

$country   = '';
$latitude  = 52.486;  # This is Birmingham, UK
$longitude = -1.89;

print_r($zoneObj->GetNearestZone($country, $latitude, $longitude), true);

/*
Array
(
    [time_zone] => Europe/Jersey
    [std_abbr] => GMT
    [dst_abbr] => BST
    [std_offset] => 0
    [dst_offset] => 1
    [std_full] => Greenwich Mean Time
    [dst_full] => British Summer Time
    [place_name] => Jersey
    [place_id] => ChIJM3WSjKRSDEgRw2waCqMjnFE
    [region_code] =>
    [region_name] =>
    [country_code] => JE
    [country_name] => Jersey
    [latitude] => 49.214439
    [longitude] => -2.13125
)

Well, it's not perfect, but close enough! At least the timezone is right.
*/

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Example when country code is erorrneous.

$country   = 'DE';
$latitude  = 22.27; # Coordinates are near Macau; can't be Germany!
$longitude = 113.79;

print_r($zoneObj->GetNearestZone($country, $latitude, $longitude), true);

/*
Array
(
    [time_zone] => Asia/Macau
    [std_abbr] => CST
    [dst_abbr] =>
    [std_offset] => 8
    [dst_offset] => 8
    [std_full] => China Standard Time
    [dst_full] =>
    [place_name] => Macau
    [place_id] => ChIJ88g14uB6ATQR9qyFtCzje8Y
    [region_code] =>
    [region_name] =>
    [country_code] => MO
    [country_name] => Macau
    [latitude] => 22.198745
    [longitude] => 113.543873
)
*/

Generate HTML code for SELECT tag:

use peterkahl\TimeZoneCity\TimeZoneCity;

$link = mysqli_connect($DB_HOSTNAME, $DB_USERNAME, $DB_PASSWORD, $DB_DBNAME);

mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8mb4");

$zoneObj = new TimeZoneCity;
$zoneObj->dbresource = $link;

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# All world timezones

$zones = $zoneObj->GetAllZones(); # Advanced sorting is possible!

$currentZone = 'America/Los_Angeles';

echo '<select>'."\n";

foreach ($zones as $key => $val) {
  $place = array();
  $place[] = $val['place_name'];
  $place[] = $val['region_code'];
  $place[] = $val['country_name'];
  $place = array_filter($place);
  $place = array_unique($place);
  $place = implode(', ', $place);
  echo '  <option value="'. $val['time_zone'] .'"';
  if ($currentZone == $val['time_zone']) {
    echo ' selected';
  }
  echo '>(UTC'. $val['offset_formatted'] .') '. $place .'</option>'."\n";
}

echo '</select>'."\n";

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Only US timezones

$zones = $zoneObj->GetAllZones('std_offset,place_name', 'desc,asc', 'us');

$currentZone = 'America/Los_Angeles';

echo '<select>'."\n";

foreach ($zones as $key => $val) {
  $place = array();
  $place[] = $val['place_name'];
  $place[] = $val['region_code'];
  #$place[] = $val['country_name'];
  $place = array_filter($place);
  $place = array_unique($place);
  $place = implode(', ', $place);
  echo '  <option value="'. $val['time_zone'] .'"';
  if ($currentZone == $val['time_zone']) {
    echo ' selected';
  }
  echo '>(UTC'. $val['offset_formatted'] .') '. $place .'</option>'."\n";
}

echo '</select>'."\n";

/*
<select>
  <option value="Pacific/Wake">(UTC+1200) Wake Island</option>
  <option value="America/Detroit">(UTC-0500) Detroit, MI</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Indianapolis">(UTC-0500) Indianapolis, IN</option>
  <option value="America/Kentucky/Louisville">(UTC-0500) Louisville, KY</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Marengo">(UTC-0500) Marengo, IN</option>
  <option value="America/Kentucky/Monticello">(UTC-0500) Monticello, KY</option>
  <option value="America/New_York">(UTC-0500) New York, NY</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Petersburg">(UTC-0500) Petersburg, IN</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Vevay">(UTC-0500) Vevay, IN</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Vincennes">(UTC-0500) Vincennes, IN</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Winamac">(UTC-0500) Winamac, IN</option>
  <option value="America/North_Dakota/Beulah">(UTC-0600) Beulah, ND</option>
  <option value="America/North_Dakota/Center">(UTC-0600) Center, ND</option>
  <option value="America/Chicago">(UTC-0600) Chicago, IL</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Knox">(UTC-0600) Knox, IN</option>
  <option value="America/Menominee">(UTC-0600) Menominee, MI</option>
  <option value="America/North_Dakota/New_Salem">(UTC-0600) New Salem, ND</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Tell_City">(UTC-0600) Tell City, IN</option>
  <option value="America/Boise">(UTC-0700) Boise, ID</option>
  <option value="America/Denver">(UTC-0700) Denver, CO</option>
  <option value="America/Phoenix">(UTC-0700) Phoenix, AZ</option>
  <option value="America/Los_Angeles" selected>(UTC-0800) Los Angeles, CA</option>
  <option value="America/Metlakatla">(UTC-0800) Metlakatla, AK</option>
  <option value="America/Anchorage">(UTC-0900) Anchorage, AK</option>
  <option value="America/Juneau">(UTC-0900) Juneau, AK</option>
  <option value="America/Nome">(UTC-0900) Nome, AK</option>
  <option value="America/Sitka">(UTC-0900) Sitka, AK</option>
  <option value="America/Yakutat">(UTC-0900) Yakutat, AK</option>
  <option value="America/Adak">(UTC-1000) Adak, AK</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Honolulu">(UTC-1000) Honolulu, HI</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Johnston">(UTC-1000) Johnston Atoll</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Midway">(UTC-1100) Midway Atoll</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Pago_Pago">(UTC-1100) Pago Pago</option>
</select>

*/

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Only US and Canadian timezones

$zones = $zoneObj->GetAllZones('std_offset,place_name', 'desc,asc', 'us,ca');

$currentZone = 'America/Los_Angeles';

echo '<select>'."\n";

foreach ($zones as $key => $val) {
  $place = array();
  $place[] = $val['place_name'];
  $place[] = $val['region_code'];
  $place[] = $val['country_name'];
  $place = array_filter($place);
  $place = array_unique($place);
  $place = implode(', ', $place);
  echo '  <option value="'. $val['time_zone'] .'"';
  if ($currentZone == $val['time_zone']) {
    echo ' selected';
  }
  echo '>(UTC'. $val['offset_formatted'] .') '. $place .'</option>'."\n";
}

echo '</select>'."\n";

/*
<select>
  <option value="Pacific/Wake">(UTC+1200) Wake Island, United States</option>
  <option value="America/St_Johns">(UTC-0330) St. John's, NL, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Blanc-Sablon">(UTC-0400) Blanc-Sablon, QC, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Glace_Bay">(UTC-0400) Glace Bay, NC, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Goose_Bay">(UTC-0400) Goose Bay, NL, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Halifax">(UTC-0400) Halifax, NS, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Moncton">(UTC-0400) Moncton, NB, Canada</option>
  <option value="Atlantic/Stanley">(UTC-0300) Stanley, NB, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Atikokan">(UTC-0500) Atikokan, ON, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Detroit">(UTC-0500) Detroit, MI, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Indianapolis">(UTC-0500) Indianapolis, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Iqaluit">(UTC-0500) Iqaluit, NU, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Kentucky/Louisville">(UTC-0500) Louisville, KY, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Marengo">(UTC-0500) Marengo, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Kentucky/Monticello">(UTC-0500) Monticello, KY, United States</option>
  <option value="America/New_York">(UTC-0500) New York, NY, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Nipigon">(UTC-0500) Nipigon, ON, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Pangnirtung">(UTC-0500) Pangnirtung, NU, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Petersburg">(UTC-0500) Petersburg, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Thunder_Bay">(UTC-0500) Thunder Bay, ON, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Toronto">(UTC-0500) Toronto, ON, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Vevay">(UTC-0500) Vevay, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Vincennes">(UTC-0500) Vincennes, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Winamac">(UTC-0500) Winamac, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/North_Dakota/Beulah">(UTC-0600) Beulah, ND, United States</option>
  <option value="America/North_Dakota/Center">(UTC-0600) Center, ND, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Chicago">(UTC-0600) Chicago, IL, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Knox">(UTC-0600) Knox, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Menominee">(UTC-0600) Menominee, MI, United States</option>
  <option value="America/North_Dakota/New_Salem">(UTC-0600) New Salem, ND, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Rainy_River">(UTC-0600) Rainy River, ON, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Rankin_Inlet">(UTC-0600) Rankin Inlet, NU, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Regina">(UTC-0600) Regina, SK, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Resolute">(UTC-0600) Resolute, NU, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Swift_Current">(UTC-0600) Swift Current, SK, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Indiana/Tell_City">(UTC-0600) Tell City, IN, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Winnipeg">(UTC-0600) Winnipeg, MB, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Boise">(UTC-0700) Boise, ID, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Cambridge_Bay">(UTC-0700) Cambridge Bay, NU, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Creston">(UTC-0700) Creston, BC, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Dawson_Creek">(UTC-0700) Dawson Creek, BC, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Denver">(UTC-0700) Denver, CO, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Edmonton">(UTC-0700) Edmonton, AB, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Fort_Nelson">(UTC-0700) Fort Nelson, BC, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Inuvik">(UTC-0700) Inuvik, NT, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Phoenix">(UTC-0700) Phoenix, AZ, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Yellowknife">(UTC-0700) Yellowknife, NT, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Dawson">(UTC-0800) Dawson, YT, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Los_Angeles" selected>(UTC-0800) Los Angeles, CA, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Vancouver">(UTC-0800) Vancouver, BC, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Whitehorse">(UTC-0800) Whitehorse, YT, Canada</option>
  <option value="America/Anchorage">(UTC-0900) Anchorage, AK, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Juneau">(UTC-0900) Juneau, AK, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Metlakatla">(UTC-0800) Metlakatla, AK, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Nome">(UTC-0900) Nome, AK, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Sitka">(UTC-0900) Sitka, AK, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Yakutat">(UTC-0900) Yakutat, AK, United States</option>
  <option value="America/Adak">(UTC-1000) Adak, AK, United States</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Honolulu">(UTC-1000) Honolulu, HI, United States</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Johnston">(UTC-1000) Johnston Atoll, United States</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Midway">(UTC-1100) Midway Atoll, United States</option>
  <option value="Pacific/Pago_Pago">(UTC-1100) Pago Pago, United States</option>
</select>

Exec time = 3.18 msec

*/

Get details of given time zone:

use peterkahl\TimeZoneCity\TimeZoneCity;

$link = mysqli_connect($DB_HOSTNAME, $DB_USERNAME, $DB_PASSWORD, $DB_DBNAME);

mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8mb4");

$zoneObj = new TimeZoneCity;
$zoneObj->dbresource = $link;

$info = $zoneObj->GetZoneInfo('Australia/Melbourne');

var_dump($info);

/*
array(15) {
  ["time_zone"]=>
  string(19) "Australia/Melbourne"
  ["std_abbr"]=>
  string(4) "AEST"
  ["dst_abbr"]=>
  string(4) "AEDT"
  ["std_offset"]=>
  string(2) "10"
  ["dst_offset"]=>
  string(2) "11"
  ["std_full"]=>
  string(32) "Australian Eastern Standard Time"
  ["dst_full"]=>
  string(40) "Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time"
  ["place_name"]=>
  string(9) "Melbourne"
  ["place_id"]=>
  string(27) "ChIJ90260rVG1moRkM2MIXVWBAQ"
  ["region_code"]=>
  string(3) "VIC"
  ["region_name"]=>
  string(8) "Victoria"
  ["country_code"]=>
  string(2) "AU"
  ["country_name"]=>
  string(9) "Australia"
  ["latitude"]=>
  string(11) "-37.8136276"
  ["longitude"]=>
  string(11) "144.9630576"
}

Exec time = 463.96 ?sec
*/

Get abbreviation of given time zone:

use peterkahl\TimeZoneCity\TimeZoneCity;

$link = mysqli_connect($DB_HOSTNAME, $DB_USERNAME, $DB_PASSWORD, $DB_DBNAME);

mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8mb4");

$zoneObj = new TimeZoneCity;
$zoneObj->dbresource = $link;

echo $zoneObj->GetZoneAbbr('Asia/Dubai'); # GST

Alternative time zone library available!

I have created an alternative library which is simpler, less versatile and does not use SQL database, but may do the job you need:

https://github.com/peterkahl/time-zone-name


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