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The timezone form field type provides a drop down list of time zones. If the field has a value saved, this value is displayed when the page is first loaded. If not, the default value (if any) is selected.

• type (mandatory) must be timezone.
• name (mandatory) is the unique name of the field.
• label (mandatory) (translatable) is the field html label.
• description (optional) (translatable) is the field description.
• default (optional) (translatable) is the default time zone. For example, use '-10' for '(UTC -10:00) Hawaii'.

Implemented by: libraries/src/Form/Field/TimezoneField.php

Example XML parameter definition¶

<field
        name="mytimezone" 
        type="timezone" 
        default="-10" 
        label="Select a timezone" 
        description=""
/>