#44380 [Opn->Fbk]: localtime sometimes gives GMT date, not local

ID: 44380 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: tessone at polyglut dot net -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: CentOS PHP Version: 5.2.5 New Comment: How/where do you set date.timezone ? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-03-09 00:33:27] tessone at polyglut dot net Description: ------------ When using localtime() to get the server time into an array, sometimes PHP chooses the local timezone, sometimes it chooses GMT. I am in US/Eastern (-0500), so after 7pm, sometimes my script says it's today, sometimes tomorrow (because it is choosing GMT). Below is some code, plus a result from when it chooses the local timezone (correct) and one where it chooses GMT (incorrect). If I run date at the command-line, it consistently returns a US/Eastern time, so the server is not skipping back and forth between timezones for any reason. Reproduce code: --------------- print time() . ": "; $serverTime = localtime(time()); print_r($serverTime); print date("O"); Expected result: ---------------- 1205022657: Array ( [0] => 57 [1] => 30 [2] => 19 [3] => 8 [4] => 2 [5] => 108 [6] => 6 [7] => 67 [8] => 0 ) -0500 Actual result: -------------- 1205022665: Array ( [0] => 5 [1] => 31 [2] => 0 [3] => 9 [4] => 2 [5] => 108 [6] => 0 [7] => 68 [8] => 0 ) +0000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44380&edit=1