$date = new DateTime("now", new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('America/Los_Angeles'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s T');
$date = new DateTime("now", new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s T');
This code will output the current date and time in the Eastern Standard Time (EST) timezone.
Package library: No package library is needed as this is a built-in PHP function. /**
* Converts dateTime from local TZ to UTC
* Returns dateTime in format expected by the Outlook API
*
* @param dateTime $dateTime
* @return dateTime
*/
protected static function encodeDateTime($dateTime)
{
$utcDateTime = $dateTime->setTimeZone(new \DateTimeZone("UTC"));
$dateFormat = "Y-m-d\\TH:i:s\\Z";
return date_format($utcDateTime, $dateFormat);
}
