PHP 8.2: Unknown Timezone "America/Ciudad_Juarez" in IntlDateFormatter()

Question

I get in PHP 8.2 a error in IntlDateFormatter if I use "America/Ciudad_Juarez" as timezone:

datefmt_create: No such time zone: 'America/Ciudad_Juarez': U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR

Does anyone know the problem and how best to deal with it if a value from timezone_identifiers_list() cannot be processed in IntlDateFormatter()?

Answer 1

The error occurs when you use a timezone that is not recognized by the IntlDateFormatter class.

Check the list of valid timezones using the timezone_identifiers_list function.

print_r(timezone_identifiers_list());

If you need to use a timezone that is not supported by the IntlDateFormatter function, you can try using the DateTime class.

$timezone = new DateTimeZone('America/Ciudad_Juarez');
$date = new DateTime('now', $timezone);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Sorry google translate :)

Thank you.