JavaScript date_default_timezone_set

Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script

function date_default_timezone_set (tz) {
    // Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script  
    // 
    // version: 909.322
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/date_default_timezone_set    // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // -    depends on: timezone_abbreviations_list
    // %        note 1: Uses global: php_js to store the default timezone
    // *     example 1: date_default_timezone_set('unknown');
    // *     returns 1: 'unknown'    var tal = {}, abbr = '', i = 0;
 
    // BEGIN REDUNDANT
    this.php_js = this.php_js || {};
    // END REDUNDANT    // PHP verifies that the timezone is valid
    tal = this.timezone_abbreviations_list();
    for (abbr in tal) {
        for (i=0; i < tal[abbr].length; i++) {
            if (tal[abbr][i].timezone_id === tz) {                this.php_js.default_timezone = tz;
                return true;
            }
        }
    }    return false;
}

external links: original PHP docs | raw js source

Examples

Running

1	date_default_timezone_set('unknown');

Should return

'unknown'

Dependencies

In order to use this function, you also need:

timezone_abbreviations_list

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Authors

Thanks to the following developers, you get to have date_default_timezone_set goodness in JavaScript.

Brett Zamir ( original )

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