PHP timestamp date to user timezone

Question

I\'m pulling the raw generated mysql timestamp info of $item_date from the database as php date format:

if (($timestamp = strtotime($item_date)) === false) {         


        

Answer 1

This post has been updated to include a full-fledged example

setTimestamp($item_date);

        //just for the fun: what would it be in UTC?
        $dt->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone("UTC"));
        $would_be = $dt->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP');

        $dt->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($_SESSION['tz']));
        $is = $dt->format('Y-m-d H:i:sP');

        echo "Timestamp " . $item_date . " is date " . $is . 
             " in users timezone " . $dt->getTimezone()->getName() .
             " and would be " . $would_be . " in UTC
";
    }
?>

I hope this is now clear enough ;).