get timezone list by PST EDT etc

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I need to get timezone by name from PST, PDT, EST etc information. Such as

EST = America/New_York PDT = America/Los_Angeles

I have PST, EST string and I need a standard timezone like above within this timezone area. How can I achieve this? So it will like this When I get EST it will generate America/New_York When PDT it will generate America/Los_Angeles etc..

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 10:05

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PHP has a function for that: timezone_name_from_abbr

answered Oct 20 '15 at 10:05

Francis Eytan Dortort

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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In general, you should not do this. Time zone abbreviations are often ambiguous. CST has 5 different interpretations, etc. See this list.

Functions like timezone_name_from_abbr exist in PHP, but they only return the first of the time zones that happen to match.

See these related questions:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Oct 20 '15 at 15:50

Matt Johnson-Pint

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`timezone_name_from_abbr()` not working properly. Any solution for this? – Rejoanul Alam Oct 21 '15 at 05:18
Don't try to parse a time zone abbreviation. It may work in some contexts, but it will fail in those you're not considering. – Matt Johnson-Pint Oct 21 '15 at 06:28

get timezone list by PST EDT etc

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