Create a Time Zone Drop Down List (DDL) in PHP

Coordinated Universal Time (source: Wikipedia)
I’ve been struggling a bit with a working Time Zone Drop Down, so I thought I shared it. The target was to have a nice drop down list with as many Country/City combinations as possible, so that the users are not confused.
The Time Zone Drop Down Script

php
html
<?php
/**
 * returns a HTML formated TimeZone select
 *
 * PHP 5 >= 5.2.0
 *
 * @param $selectedTimeZone string The timezone marked as "selected"
 * @return string
 */
function displayTimeZoneSelect($selectedTimeZone = 'America/New_York'){
	$countryCodes = getCountryCodes();
	$return = null;
	foreach ($countryCodes as $country => $countryCode) {
		$timezone_identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers(DateTimeZone::PER_COUNTRY,$countryCode);
		foreach( $timezone_identifiers as $value ){
			/* getTimeZoneOffset returns minutes and we need to display hours */
			$offset = getTimeZoneOffset($value)/60;
			/* for the GMT+1 GMT-1 display */
			$offset = ( substr($offset,0,1) == "-" ? " (GMT" : " (GMT+" ) . $offset . ")";
			/* America/New_York -> America/New York */
			$displayValue = (str_replace('_',' ',$value));
			/* Find the city */
			$ex = explode("/",$displayValue);
			$city = ( ($ex[2]) ? $ex[2] : $ex[1] );
			/* For the special names */
			$displayValue = htmlentities($country." - ".$city.$offset);
			/* handle the $selectedTimeZone in the select form */
			$selected = ( ($value == $selectedTimeZone) ? ' selected="selected"' : null );
			$return .= '<option value="' . $value . '"' . $selected . '>'
				. $displayValue
				. '</option>' . PHP_EOL;
		}
	}

	return $return;
}

/**
 * ISO 3166 code list
 *
 * @return array The country codes in 'COUNTRY' => 'CODE' format
 * @link http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_3166_code_lists ISO Website
 */
function getCountryCodes(){
$return = array(
"AFGHANISTAN"=>"AF",
"ALAND ISLANDS"=>"AX",
"ALBANIA"=>"AL",
"ALGERIA"=>"DZ",
"AMERICAN SAMOA"=>"AS",
"ANDORRA"=>"AD",
"ANGOLA"=>"AO",
"ANGUILLA"=>"AI",
"ANTARCTICA"=>"AQ",
"ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA"=>"AG",
"ARGENTINA"=>"AR",
"ARMENIA"=>"AM",
"ARUBA"=>"AW",
"AUSTRALIA"=>"AU",
"AUSTRIA"=>"AT",
"AZERBAIJAN"=>"AZ",
"BAHAMAS"=>"BS",
"BAHRAIN"=>"BH",
"BANGLADESH"=>"BD",
"BARBADOS"=>"BB",
"BELARUS"=>"BY",
"BELGIUM"=>"BE",
"BELIZE"=>"BZ",
"BENIN"=>"BJ",
"BERMUDA"=>"BM",
"BHUTAN"=>"BT",
"BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF"=>"BO",
"BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA"=>"BQ",
"BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA"=>"BA",
"BOTSWANA"=>"BW",
"BOUVET ISLAND"=>"BV",
"BRAZIL"=>"BR",
"BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY"=>"IO",
"BRUNEI DARUSSALAM"=>"BN",
"BULGARIA"=>"BG",
"BURKINA FASO"=>"BF",
"BURUNDI"=>"BI",
"CAMBODIA"=>"KH",
"CAMEROON"=>"CM",
"CANADA"=>"CA",
"CAPE VERDE"=>"CV",
"CAYMAN ISLANDS"=>"KY",
"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC"=>"CF",
"CHAD"=>"TD",
"CHILE"=>"CL",
"CHINA"=>"CN",
"CHRISTMAS ISLAND"=>"CX",
"COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS"=>"CC",
"COLOMBIA"=>"CO",
"COMOROS"=>"KM",
"CONGO"=>"CG",
"CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE"=>"CD",
"COOK ISLANDS"=>"CK",
"COSTA RICA"=>"CR",
"CÔTE D'IVOIRE"=>"CI",
"CROATIA"=>"HR",
"CUBA"=>"CU",
"CURAÇAO"=>"CW",
"CYPRUS"=>"CY",
"CZECH REPUBLIC"=>"CZ",
"DENMARK"=>"DK",
"DJIBOUTI"=>"DJ",
"DOMINICA"=>"DM",
"DOMINICAN REPUBLIC"=>"DO",
"ECUADOR"=>"EC",
"EGYPT"=>"EG",
"EL SALVADOR"=>"SV",
"EQUATORIAL GUINEA"=>"GQ",
"ERITREA"=>"ER",
"ESTONIA"=>"EE",
"ETHIOPIA"=>"ET",
"FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)"=>"FK",
"FAROE ISLANDS"=>"FO",
"FIJI"=>"FJ",
"FINLAND"=>"FI",
"FRANCE"=>"FR",
"FRENCH GUIANA"=>"GF",
"FRENCH POLYNESIA"=>"PF",
"FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES"=>"TF",
"GABON"=>"GA",
"GAMBIA"=>"GM",
"GEORGIA"=>"GE",
"GERMANY"=>"DE",
"GHANA"=>"GH",
"GIBRALTAR"=>"GI",
"GREECE"=>"GR",
"GREENLAND"=>"GL",
"GRENADA"=>"GD",
"GUADELOUPE"=>"GP",
"GUAM"=>"GU",
"GUATEMALA"=>"GT",
"GUERNSEY"=>"GG",
"GUINEA"=>"GN",
"GUINEA-BISSAU"=>"GW",
"GUYANA"=>"GY",
"HAITI"=>"HT",
"HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS"=>"HM",
"HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)"=>"VA",
"HONDURAS"=>"HN",
"HONG KONG"=>"HK",
"HUNGARY"=>"HU",
"ICELAND"=>"IS",
"INDIA"=>"IN",
"INDONESIA"=>"ID",
"IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF"=>"IR",
"IRAQ"=>"IQ",
"IRELAND"=>"IE",
"ISLE OF MAN"=>"IM",
"ISRAEL"=>"IL",
"ITALY"=>"IT",
"JAMAICA"=>"JM",
"JAPAN"=>"JP",
"JERSEY"=>"JE",
"JORDAN"=>"JO",
"KAZAKHSTAN"=>"KZ",
"KENYA"=>"KE",
"KIRIBATI"=>"KI",
"KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF"=>"KP",
"KOREA, REPUBLIC OF"=>"KR",
"KUWAIT"=>"KW",
"KYRGYZSTAN"=>"KG",
"LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC"=>"LA",
"LATVIA"=>"LV",
"LEBANON"=>"LB",
"LESOTHO"=>"LS",
"LIBERIA"=>"LR",
"LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA"=>"LY",
"LIECHTENSTEIN"=>"LI",
"LITHUANIA"=>"LT",
"LUXEMBOURG"=>"LU",
"MACAO"=>"MO",
"MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF"=>"MK",
"MADAGASCAR"=>"MG",
"MALAWI"=>"MW",
"MALAYSIA"=>"MY",
"MALDIVES"=>"MV",
"MALI"=>"ML",
"MALTA"=>"MT",
"MARSHALL ISLANDS"=>"MH",
"MARTINIQUE"=>"MQ",
"MAURITANIA"=>"MR",
"MAURITIUS"=>"MU",
"MAYOTTE"=>"YT",
"MEXICO"=>"MX",
"MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF"=>"FM",
"MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF"=>"MD",
"MONACO"=>"MC",
"MONGOLIA"=>"MN",
"MONTENEGRO"=>"ME",
"MONTSERRAT"=>"MS",
"MOROCCO"=>"MA",
"MOZAMBIQUE"=>"MZ",
"MYANMAR"=>"MM",
"NAMIBIA"=>"NA",
"NAURU"=>"NR",
"NEPAL"=>"NP",
"NETHERLANDS"=>"NL",
"NEW CALEDONIA"=>"NC",
"NEW ZEALAND"=>"NZ",
"NICARAGUA"=>"NI",
"NIGER"=>"NE",
"NIGERIA"=>"NG",
"NIUE"=>"NU",
"NORFOLK ISLAND"=>"NF",
"NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS"=>"MP",
"NORWAY"=>"NO",
"OMAN"=>"OM",
"PAKISTAN"=>"PK",
"PALAU"=>"PW",
"PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED"=>"PS",
"PANAMA"=>"PA",
"PAPUA NEW GUINEA"=>"PG",
"PARAGUAY"=>"PY",
"PERU"=>"PE",
"PHILIPPINES"=>"PH",
"PITCAIRN"=>"PN",
"POLAND"=>"PL",
"PORTUGAL"=>"PT",
"PUERTO RICO"=>"PR",
"QATAR"=>"QA",
"RÉUNION"=>"RE",
"ROMANIA"=>"RO",
"RUSSIAN FEDERATION"=>"RU",
"RWANDA"=>"RW",
"SAINT BARTHÉLEMY"=>"BL",
"SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA"=>"SH",
"SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS"=>"KN",
"SAINT LUCIA"=>"LC",
"SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH PART)"=>"MF",
"SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON"=>"PM",
"SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES"=>"VC",
"SAMOA"=>"WS",
"SAN MARINO"=>"SM",
"SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE"=>"ST",
"SAUDI ARABIA"=>"SA",
"SENEGAL"=>"SN",
"SERBIA"=>"RS",
"SEYCHELLES"=>"SC",
"SIERRA LEONE"=>"SL",
"SINGAPORE"=>"SG",
"SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART)"=>"SX",
"SLOVAKIA"=>"SK",
"SLOVENIA"=>"SI",
"SOLOMON ISLANDS"=>"SB",
"SOMALIA"=>"SO",
"SOUTH AFRICA"=>"ZA",
"SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS"=>"GS",
"SPAIN"=>"ES",
"SRI LANKA"=>"LK",
"SUDAN"=>"SD",
"SURINAME"=>"SR",
"SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN"=>"SJ",
"SWAZILAND"=>"SZ",
"SWEDEN"=>"SE",
"SWITZERLAND"=>"CH",
"SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC"=>"SY",
"TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA"=>"TW",
"TAJIKISTAN"=>"TJ",
"TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF"=>"TZ",
"THAILAND"=>"TH",
"TIMOR-LESTE"=>"TL",
"TOGO"=>"TG",
"TOKELAU"=>"TK",
"TONGA"=>"TO",
"TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO"=>"TT",
"TUNISIA"=>"TN",
"TURKEY"=>"TR",
"TURKMENISTAN"=>"TM",
"TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS"=>"TC",
"TUVALU"=>"TV",
"UGANDA"=>"UG",
"UKRAINE"=>"UA",
"UNITED ARAB EMIRATES"=>"AE",
"UNITED KINGDOM"=>"GB",
"UNITED STATES"=>"US",
"UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS"=>"UM",
"URUGUAY"=>"UY",
"UZBEKISTAN"=>"UZ",
"VANUATU"=>"VU",
"VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF"=>"VE",
"VIET NAM"=>"VN",
"VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH"=>"VG",
"VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S."=>"VI",
"WALLIS AND FUTUNA"=>"WF",
"WESTERN SAHARA"=>"EH",
"YEMEN"=>"YE",
"ZAMBIA"=>"ZM",
"ZIMBABWE"=>"ZW");
return $return;
}

/**
 * Calculates the offset from UTC for a given timezone
 *
 * @return integer
 */
function getTimeZoneOffset($timeZone) {
	$dateTimeZoneUTC = new DateTimeZone("UTC");
	$dateTimeZoneCurrent = new DateTimeZone($timeZone);

	$dateTimeUTC = new DateTime("now",$dateTimeZoneUTC);
	$dateTimeCurrent = new DateTime("now",$dateTimeZoneCurrent);

	$offset = (($dateTimeZoneCurrent->getOffset($dateTimeUTC))/60);
	return $offset;
}
Also on https://gitlab.com/snippets/1654992.
Create a Time Zone Drop Down List (DDL) in PHP

The Time Zone Drop Down Script

Alex Thomae
