Convert PHP timezone to something understandable by users?

Question

I have a timezone stored in my database in proper PHP format with: "America/New_York"

The problem is, if I echo the timezone out back to the user, they see "America/New_York" and they may think thats a location, instead of a timezone. If the location is in New Jersey, or even in Florida, that could confuse people.

Is there an easy way to convert this timezone "America/New_York" to something more understandable by my users, such as "EST"?

Answer 1

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Check T and Z flags.