How to convert ISO time inside DateTime to local time? - php

Question

I create a DateTime object like this
$timestamp = new DateTime('2018-04-23T07:01:05.146000+00:00');
$timestampSql = $messageTimestamp->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
I then insert the $timestampSql into a timestamp field in my mysql table. But the problem is, that the mysql thinks that this time and date is in whatever timezone the mysql server is, and doesn't realize, that it is in fact originating from an ISO time.
So basically, I need to somehow make sure the ->format outputs the timestamp converted to the current timezone the server is set to.

Answer 1

Here is a way you can easily switch a timezone using the dateTime Object:
function convertDate($dateTime){
$utc = 'UTC';
$newTimZone = 'TimeZone';
$newDateTime = new DateTime($dateTime, new DateTimeZone($utc));
$newDateTime->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($newTimZone));
return $newDateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
}

Answer 2

Please check below function for server and user time zone
$time_diff = get_timezone_offset('America/New_York');
if(! function_exists('get_timezone_offset'))
{
/*get time differ user and server */
function get_timezone_offset($remote_tz, $origin_tz = null) {
if($origin_tz === null) {
if(!is_string($origin_tz = date_default_timezone_get())) {
return false; // A UTC timestamp was returned -- bail out!
}
}
$origin_dtz = new DateTimeZone($origin_tz);
$remote_dtz = new DateTimeZone($remote_tz);
$origin_dt = new DateTime("now", $origin_dtz);
$remote_dt = new DateTime("now", $remote_dtz);
$offset = $origin_dtz->getOffset($origin_dt) - $remote_dtz->getOffset($remote_dt);
$offset = $offset/60;
return $offset;
}
}
$current_date = date("Y-m-d h:i:sa");
$new_date = $this->time_differction($current_date,$time_diff);
if(! function_exists('time_differction'))
{
/*Return new date and time as per user time zone */
function time_differction($date_time, $time_diff){
$time = strtotime($date_time);
$time = $time - ($time_diff * 60 );
$date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $time);
return $date;
}
}