php-doc-en/reference/datetime/datetimezone/construct.xml

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<refentry xml:id="datetimezone.construct" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DateTimeZone::__construct</refname>
  <refpurpose>Creates new DateTimeZone object</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <methodname>DateTimeZone::__construct</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>timezone</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Creates new DateTimeZone object.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>timezone</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       One of <link linkend="timezones">timezones</link>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns <classname>DateTimeZone</classname> on success.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <para>
   This method throws <classname>Exception</classname> if the timezone supplied is not
   recognised as a valid timezone.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Catching errors when instantiating <classname>DateTimeZone</classname></title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Error handling by catching exceptions
$timezones = array('Europe/London', 'Mars/Phobos', 'Jupiter/Europa');

foreach ($timezones as $tz) {
    try {
        $mars = new DateTimeZone($tz);
    } catch(Exception $e) {
        echo $e->getMessage() . '<br />';
    }
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Mars/Phobos)
DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Jupiter/Europa)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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