#43527 [Asn->Csd]: DateTime created from a timestamp reports environment timezone

ID: 43527 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: mattis at xait dot no -Status: Assigned +Status: Closed Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Windows XP SP2 PHP Version: 5.2.5 Assigned To: derick New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. The script now returns: +10:00 (And you really should not be using the "Etc/*" style timezone identifiers. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-07 09:59:22] derick@php.net There is a bug here, but the expected result is not necessarily what you say it should be. Because there is no real timezone , it probably should return false. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-07 09:55:51] mattis at xait dot no Description: ------------ When creating a DateTime from a timestamp (i.e. date('r)) it will report the TimeZone of the environment it was created in and not the timezone in the timestamp. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php date_default_timezone_set("Etc/GMT+1"); $datetime = new DateTime('Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:05:14 +1000'); echo $datetime->getTimezone()->getName(), "\n"; Expected result: ---------------- Etc/GMT-10 Actual result: -------------- Etc/GMT+1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43527&edit=1