converting a time to a different timezone with php

Question

$timeposted = \"7:10pm\";

This value is currently Canada time (quebec). I\'m trying to find a way to convert it to France\'s time. How can i do that ?

Answer 1

This is my function that take time from a mysql db (which I've stored entirely in UTC) and converts to a new timezone and formats it simply.

function changetimefromUTC($time, $timezone) {
    $changetime = new DateTime($time, new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
    $changetime->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($timezone));
    return $changetime->format('m/d/y h:i a');
}

This is a list of supported timezones http://us1.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php