#47677 [NEW]: date returns EDT for Panama (always EST)

From: barry dot schatz at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux 2.6.27 PHP version: 5.2.9 PHP Bug Type: Date/time related Bug description: date returns EDT for Panama (always EST) Description: ------------ echo date(O)."\n"; echo date(T); returns "-0400 EDT" while bash returns xingu ~ # date Mon Mar 16 12:44:40 EST 2009 and xingu ~ # date -u Mon Mar 16 17:45:56 UTC 2009 and system is set to CLOCK="UTC" TIMEZONE="America/Panama" Reproduce code: --------------- echo date(O); echo date(T); Expected result: ---------------- return "-0500 EST" (same as system output) N.B.: countries in the tropics have no need for daylight savings time. Actual result: -------------- "-0400 EDT" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47677&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47677&r=mysqlcfg