# DateTimeZone::getOffset

# timezone_offset_get

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

DateTimeZone::getOffset -- timezone_offset_get — Returns the timezone offset from GMT

### Description

Object oriented style

public DateTimeZone::getOffset ( DateTimeInterface `$datetime` ) : int|false

Procedural style

timezone_offset_get ( DateTimeZone `$object` , DateTimeInterface `$datetime` ) : int|false

This function returns the offset to GMT for the date/time specified in the `datetime` parameter. The GMT offset is calculated with the timezone information contained in the DateTimeZone object being used.

### Parameters

`object`

  Procedural style only: A DateTimeZone object returned by timezone_open()

`datetime`

  DateTime that contains the date/time to compute the offset from.

### Return Values

Returns time zone offset in seconds on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.5.19, 5.6.3 | `datetime` type changed to DateTimeInterface. Previously, DateTime.

### Examples

Example #1 DateTimeZone::getOffset() examples

`<?php
// Create two timezone objects, one for Taipei (Taiwan) and one for
// Tokyo (Japan)
$dateTimeZoneTaipei = new DateTimeZone("Asia/Taipei");
$dateTimeZoneJapan = new DateTimeZone("Asia/Tokyo");
// Create two DateTime objects that will contain the same Unix timestamp, but
// have different timezones attached to them.
$dateTimeTaipei = new DateTime("now", $dateTimeZoneTaipei);
$dateTimeJapan = new DateTime("now", $dateTimeZoneJapan);
// Calculate the GMT offset for the date/time contained in the $dateTimeTaipei
// object, but using the timezone rules as defined for Tokyo
// ($dateTimeZoneJapan).
$timeOffset = $dateTimeZoneJapan->getOffset($dateTimeTaipei);
// Should show int(32400) (for dates after Sat Sep 8 01:00:00 1951 JST).
var_dump($timeOffset);
?>`