Realodix\Timezone

A PHP library that provides an easy way to generate HTML select boxes for timezones. It offers features to filter timezones by continent, group them, display offsets, and customize the output.

Features

• Comprehensive Timezone List: Generates a complete list of all available timezones.
• Array Representation: Retrieves timezones as an array, suitable for use in any PHP application.
• Continent-Based Grouping: Optionally groups timezones by continent for better organization.
• Flexible Filtering: Includes or excludes specific continents/groups based on your needs.
• UTC Offset Display: Displays timezone offsets (e.g., UTC+05:30) for easy reference.

Installation

You can install this package via Composer:

composer require realodix/timezone

Project status & release process

While this library is still under development, it is well tested and should be stable enough to use in production environments.

The current releases are numbered 0.x.y. When a non-breaking change is introduced (adding new methods, optimizing existing code, etc.), y is incremented.

When a breaking change is introduced, a new 0.x version cycle is always started. It is therefore safe to lock your project to a given release cycle, such as 0.1.*. If you need to upgrade to a newer release cycle, check the release history for a list of changes introduced by each further 0.x.0 version.

Usage

Create HTML select box

/**
 * @param string $name The name attribute of the select tag
 * @param string|null $selected The value of the option to be pre-selected
 * @param array|null $attrs Additional HTML attributes
 */
public function toSelectBox(string $name, ?string $selected = null, ?array $attrs = null): string

use Realodix\Timezone\Timezone;

$tz = new Timezone;
$attributes = ['class' => 'form-control', 'id' => 'timezone-select'];

// Generate a select box with the name "timezone", pre-selecting "America/New_York",
// and using the specified attributes.
$tz->toSelectBox('timezone', 'America/New_York', $attributes);

Output:

<select name="timezone" class="form-control" id="timezone-select">
    <optgroup label="General">
        <option value="UTC">(UTC+00:00) UTC</option>
    </optgroup>
    ...
    <optgroup label="America">
        ...
        <option value="America/Nassau">(UTC-05:00) Nassau</option>
        <option value="America/New_York" selected>(UTC-05:00) New York</option>
        <option value="America/Nome">(UTC-09:00) Nome</option>
        ...
    </optgroup>
    ...
    <optgroup label="Asia">
        <option value="Asia/Aden">(UTC+03:00) Aden</option>
        <option value="Asia/Almaty">(UTC+05:00) Almaty</option>
        ...
    </optgroup>
    ...
</select>

Create timezone list array

use Realodix\Timezone\Timezone;

$tz = new Timezone;
$tz->toArray();

Output:

[
    'UTC' => '(UTC+00:00) UTC',
    'America' => [
        'Nassau' => '(UTC-05:00) Nassau',
        'New_York' => '(UTC-05:00) New York',
        'Nome' => '(UTC-09:00) Nome'
        // ...
    ],
    // ...
]

Filtering and Grouping Timezones

Realodix\Timezone provides a powerful set of methods to customize the timezone list:

• onlyGroups(array $groups): Includes only the specified continent/group names. For example, $tz->onlyGroups(['America', 'Europe']) will return only the timezones within the America and Europe continents.
• excludeGroups(array $groups): Excludes the specified continent/group names. For example, $tz->excludeGroups(['Arctic']) will omit all timezones from Arctic.
• flatten(): Flattens the timezone list, removing the continental grouping.
• omitOffset(): Removes the UTC offset from the displayed timezone names.

Timezone Groups

The onlyGroups() and excludeGroups() methods utilize timezone groups to filter the list. Here are the available groups:

• General: For the UTC timezone.
• Africa
• America
• Antarctica
• Arctic
• Asia
• Atlantic
• Australia
• Europe
• Indian
• Pacific

Explanation: Timezones are organized into groups, mainly based on continents. The General group contains only the UTC timezone. You can use these groups with the filtering methods.

Examples:

use Realodix\Timezone\Timezone;

$tz = new Timezone;
// Only include timezones from the America and Europe groups.
$tz->onlyGroups(['America', 'Europe'])->toArray();

// Output:
// [
//     'America' => [
//         'Nassau' => '(UTC-05:00) Nassau',
//         'New_York' => '(UTC-05:00) New York',
//         // ...
//     ],
//     'Europe' => [
//         'London' => '(UTC+00:00) London',
//         // ...
//     ],
// ]

// Exclude timezones from the Arctic and Africa groups.
$tz->excludeGroups(['Arctic', 'Africa'])->toArray();

// Output (will not include any timezones from the Arctic or Africa groups):
// [
//     'General' => [
//         'UTC' => '(UTC+00:00) UTC'
//     ]
//     'America' => [
//         'Nassau' => '(UTC-05:00) Nassau',
//         'New_York' => '(UTC-05:00) New York',
//         // ...
//     ],
//     // ...
// ]

License

This package is licensed using the MIT License.