date_default_timezone_get()

date_default_timezone_get() — Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script.

date_default_timezone_get() — In order of preference, this function returns the default timezone by: Reading the timezone set using the date_default_timezone_set function (if any) Reading the value of the date.timezone ini option (if set)

If none of the above succeed, date_default_timezone_get will return a default timezone of UTC.

Returns: Returns a string.