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# DateFormatter::setTimeZoneId

# datefmt_set_timezone_id

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datefmt_set_timezone_id — Sets the time zone to use

### Description

Object oriented style

DateFormatter
boolean setTimeZoneId ( string `$zone` )

Procedural style

boolean datefmt_set_timezone_id ( DateFormatter `$fmt` , string `$zone` )

Sets the time zone to use.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource.

`zone`

  The time zone ID string of the time zone to use. If `NULL` or the empty string, the default time zone for the runtime is used.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 datefmt_set_timezone_id() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "timezone_id of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_timezone_id($fmt);
datefmt_set_timezone_id($fmt,'CN');
echo "Now timezone_id of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_timezone_id($fmt);
?>`

Example#2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "timezone_id of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getTimezoneId();
$fmt->setTimezoneId('CN');
echo "Now timezone_id of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getTimezoneId();
?>`

The above example will output:

    timezone_id of the formatter is : America/Los_Angeles
    Now timezone_id of the formatter is : CN

### See Also

- datefmt_get_timezone_id()
- datefmt_create()

DateFormatter
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DateFormatter
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