Update display format from lonnie

system/Helpers/date_helper.php

@@ -41,6 +41,76 @@
  * @package CodeIgniter
  */
 
+if (! function_exists('now'))
+{
+	/**
+	 * Get "now" time
+	 *
+	 * Returns time() based on the timezone parameter or on the
+	 * app_timezone() setting
+	 *
+	 * @param string $timezone
+	 *
+	 * @return integer
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	function now(string $timezone = null): int
+	{
+		$timezone = empty($timezone) ? app_timezone() : $timezone;
+
+		if ($timezone === 'local' || $timezone === date_default_timezone_get())
+		{
+			return time();
+		}
+
+		$datetime = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone($timezone));
+		sscanf($datetime->format('j-n-Y G:i:s'), '%d-%d-%d %d:%d:%d', $day, $month, $year, $hour, $minute, $second);
+
+		return mktime($hour, $minute, $second, $month, $day, $year);
+	}
+}<?php
+/**
+ * CodeIgniter
+ *
+ * An open source application development framework for PHP
+ *
+ * This content is released under the MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019 British Columbia Institute of Technology
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * @package    CodeIgniter
+ * @author     CodeIgniter Dev Team
+ * @copyright  2014-2019 British Columbia Institute of Technology (https://bcit.ca/)
+ * @license    https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT    MIT License
+ * @link       https://codeigniter.com
+ * @since      Version 4.0.0
+ * @filesource
+ */
+
+/**
+ * CodeIgniter Date Helpers
+ *
+ * @package CodeIgniter
+ */
+
 if (! function_exists('now'))
 {
 	/**
@@ -86,17 +156,46 @@ function now(string $timezone = null): int
 	 * @throws \Exception
 	 */
 	function timezone_select(string $class = '', string $default = '', int $what = \DateTimeZone::ALL, string $country = null): string
-	{
-		$timezones = \DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers($what, $country);
-
+    {
+		$zones = \DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers($what, $country);
+
+		// Get "common" prefix for each
+		$tmpzones = [];
+		foreach ($zones as $zone)
+		{
+			$date = new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimeZone($zone));
+			$short = $date->format('T');
+
+			if (! isset($tmpzones[$short]))
+			{
+				$tmpzones[$short] = [];
+			}
+			$tmpzones[$short][] = $zone;
+		}
+
+		// Sort the keys
+		ksort($tmpzones);
+
+		// Create the final list which includes the true name as the key
+		// and a display name that incorporates the short name in it
+		$timezones = [];
+		foreach ($tmpzones as $short => $list)
+		{
+			foreach ($list as $zone)
+			{
+				$timezones[$zone] = "{$short} - {$zone}";
+			}
+		}
+
 		$buffer = "<select name='timezone' class='{$class}'>" . PHP_EOL;
-		foreach ($timezones as $timezone)
+		foreach ($timezones as $zone => $display)
 		{
-			$selected = ($timezone == $default) ? 'selected' : '';
-			$buffer .= "<option value='{$timezone}' {$selected}>{$timezone}</option>" . PHP_EOL;
+			$selected = ($zone == $default) ? 'selected' : '';
+			$buffer .= "<option value='{$zone}' {$selected}>{$display}</option>" . PHP_EOL;
 		}
 		$buffer .= "</select>" . PHP_EOL;
-		
+
 		return $buffer;
-	}
+    }
 }
+