PHP script/code to get Bangladeshi and any other local time

Often in local projects, the Bangladeshi developer may face problem in finding the local time since often the hosting is done in a server which is outside the country. Moreover, there are many different time formats like GMT, UTC etc. But a developer must use local time if it is included in the client’s requirements. Although a little bit browsing can help to solve the problem, I am sharing the solution with you so that you can re-use the code and save the browsing time. What is the benefit of re-inventing the wheel?

Now we can get the Bangladeshi time very easily if we add exactly only 6 (six) hours with GMT time. There may be other ways. But my solution solves it by adding 6 (six) hours with GMT time. Below is my simple function to get the Bangladeshi time in PHP.

<?php

function ShowBangladeshTime()
{

$hour = gmdate(“H”);

$minute = gmdate(“i”);

$seconds = gmdate(“s”);

$day = gmdate(“d”);

$month = gmdate(“m”);

$year = gmdate(“Y”);

// This is the offset from the server time to Bangladesh time.

$hour = $hour + 6;

return date(“h:i:s A Y-m-d”, mktime ($hour,$minute,$seconds,$month,$day,$year));

}

?>

You can also extract specific section of a time in this following way:

<?php

$dayOfTheWeek = date(“l”, mktime ($hour,$minute,$seconds,$month,$day,$year));

$hoursNow = date(“H”, mktime ($hour,$minute,$seconds,$month,$day,$year));

$minutesNow = date(“i”, mktime ($hour,$minute,$seconds,$month,$day,$year));

$AmPmNow = date(“A”, mktime ($hour,$minute,$seconds,$month,$day,$year));

?>

If you have to play with multiple country times, you can just add a switch case way like this:

<?php

function ShowSelectedCountryTime($country)

{

$hour = gmdate(“H”);

$minute = gmdate(“i”);

$seconds = gmdate(“s”);

$day = gmdate(“d”);

$month = gmdate(“m”);

$year = gmdate(“Y”);

switch($country)

{

case “Bangladesh”:

$hour = $hour + 6;

break;

case “India”:

$hour = $hour + 5;

$minute = $minute + 30;

break;

case “Nepal”:

$hour = $hour + 5;

$minute = $minute + 45;

break;

default:

$hour = $hour + 6;

}

return date(“h:i:s A Y-m-d”, mktime ($hour,$minute,$seconds,$month,$day,$year));

}

?>

It is simple to integrate such kind of simple function, script or code in your PHP class according to your requirements.

You can also download the PDF version of this article here below:
PHP script/code to get Bangladeshi and any other local time