#48977 [NEW]: US/Central != Etc/GMT-6

From: cpriest at warpmail dot net Operating system: Vista 64-Bit PHP version: 5.3.0 PHP Bug Type: Date/time related Bug description: US/Central != Etc/GMT-6 Description: ------------ When initializing two new DateTime objects using equivalent DateTimeZone()'s of US/Central and Etc/GMT-6, the result is incorrect Reproduce code: --------------- $objTime = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('US/Central')); echo $objTime->format('m/d/Y H:i:s T')."\r\n"; $objTime = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Etc/GMT-6')); echo $objTime->format('m/d/Y H:i:s T')."\r\n"; Expected result: ---------------- The same timestamp on two lines (with different TimeZone specifiers) Actual result: -------------- Different timestamps. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48977&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48977&r=mysqlcfg