/** * returns offset */ public static function getTimeZoneOffset() { $dtz = new DateTimeZone(JemHelper::getTimeZoneNameShort()); $time = new DateTime('now', $dtz); $offset = $dtz->getOffset($time) / 3600; if ($offset < 0) { $offset = $offset; } else { $offset = "+" . $offset; } return $offset; }