how do i use timezone in Twig date filter?

Question

I am using Twig and this date filter

http://www.twig-project.org/doc/templates.html#date

Apparently they are looking out for DateTime instances in the parameter.

looking at this http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.construct.php

I have trouble understanding the php datetime object and how to use the timezone.

Given that i know basic PHP and is familiar with simple web programming, how do I use it to display a date and time using the Twig date filter while catering for timezone?

If there is a simpler way to do it while using the date filter, but NOT using datetime object, i would be open to it.

I am only concerned that the solution works, rather than the "correctness" or "elegance" of the solution.

Answer 1

The "Date" filter of Twig accept a second parameter: "timezone".

So, you can easily display all timezone that you want. For example:

{{ "now"|date("m/d/Y H:i", "Europe/Paris") }}
{{ "now"|date("m/d/Y H:i", "Asia/Calcutta") }}
{{ "now"|date("m/d/Y H:i", "Europe/Berlin") }}

For more informations: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/filters/date.html#timezone