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How to convert string into timezone aware date

Hello I have a string 2020-08-19 13:04:53. I know that this time is in Sydney, Australia time. However, I need to convert this time into New York, America time as a date object. How can I do this?

date_default_timezone_set("Australia/Sydney");
$time = '2020-08-19 13:04:53';
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $time);
Solution

  • I would try something like

    <?php
$date = new DateTime('2020-08-19 13:04:53', new DateTimeZone('Australia/Sydney'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// Output: 2020-08-19 13:04:53

$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// Output: 2020-08-18 23:04:53