update

Author: tamedevelopers

Tests/time.php

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 
+// set global time zone for server
+// now server time will be set to the given timezone as default
+Time::setGlobalTimeZone('Pacific/Pago_Pago');
+
 
 // set the default time and timezone
 // helper function
@@ -35,5 +39,8 @@
     $time2->getTimeZone(),
 
     $time3,
-    $time3->greetings()
+    $time3->greetings(),
+
+    Time::getGlobalTimeZone(),
+
 );

Time.php

@@ -46,15 +46,11 @@ class Time {
     public function __construct($date = null, $timezone = null)
     {
         if(empty($this->date)){
-            $this->date = TimeHelper::setPassedDate(
-                $date ?? 'now'
-            );
+            $this->date = TimeHelper::setPassedDate($date);
         }
 
         if(empty($this->timezone)){
-            $this->timezone = TimeHelper::setPassedTimezone(
-                $timezone ?? 'UTC'
-            );
+            $this->timezone = TimeHelper::setPassedTimezone($timezone);
         }
 
         // clone copy of self

Traits/TimeTrait.php

@@ -22,6 +22,28 @@ static protected function isTimeInstance()
     {
         return self::$staticData instanceof Time;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Set Global TimeZone
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __setGlobalTimeZone($timezone = null)
+    {
+        $timezone = TimeHelper::setPassedTimezone($timezone);
+
+        date_default_timezone_set($timezone);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get Global TimeZone
+     *
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    public function __getGlobalTimeZone()
+    {
+        return date_default_timezone_get();
+    }
 
     /**
      * Get the stored date time
@@ -87,9 +109,7 @@ static public function setDate($date = null)
         if(!self::isTimeInstance()){
             new static(date: $date);
         } else{
-            self::$staticData->date = TimeHelper::setPassedDate(
-                $date ?? 'now'
-            );
+            self::$staticData->date = TimeHelper::setPassedDate($date);
         }
 
         return self::$staticData;
@@ -108,9 +128,7 @@ static public function setTimezone($timezone = null)
         } 
 
         // set timezone
-        self::$staticData->timezone = TimeHelper::setPassedTimezone(
-            $timezone ?? 'UTC'
-        );
+        self::$staticData->timezone = TimeHelper::setPassedTimezone($timezone);
 
         return self::$staticData;
     }
@@ -144,9 +162,18 @@ static private function nonExistMethod($method = null, $args = null, $clone = nu
             'gettimezone' => '__getTimeZone',
             'settimezone' => '__setTimeZone',
             'setdate' => '__setDate',
+            'setglobaltimezone' => '__setGlobalTimeZone',
+            'getglobaltimezone' => '__getGlobalTimeZone',
             default => '__timeAgo'
         };
 
+        // this will happen if __construct has not been called 
+        // before calling an existing method
+        // mostly when using [setglobaltimezone|getglobaltimezone] methods
+        if(empty($clone)){
+            $clone = new static();
+        }
+
         return $clone->$method(...$args);
     }