Bug #51819 [NEW]: Case discrepancy in timezone names cause Uncaught exception and fatal error

From: Operating system: linux/windows PHP version: 5.2.13 Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Case discrepancy in timezone names cause Uncaught exception and fatal error Description: ------------ Hi There seem to be a discrepency for timezones names as reported by timezone_abbreviations_list() and the DateTime object parser. We have found a (small) numbre of timezones for which this happens: Been reported and reproduced with PHP 5.1.41 adn PHP 5.2.13 Test script: --------------- 1 - Get identifiers list: $all = timezone_abbreviations_list(); The resulting array contains, for instance: [54] => Array ( [dst] => [offset] => 36000 [timezone_id] => Australia/NSW ) 2 - Use this timezone_id to create a DateTimeObject $dateString = "2010-05-15 00:00:00 Australia/NSW"; $date = new DateTime( $dateString); Expected result: ---------------- A DateTime object created The above code runs without problem if timezone identifier (Australia/NSW) is replaced by Australia/Nsw. I have found the following timezones to have the same issue: Australia/ACT NZ-CHAT America/Know_IN Australia/LHI Chile/EasterIsland Europe/Isle_of_Man In others, all timezones names that do not follow camelcase strictly. There are probably others. Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'DateTime::__construct() [datetime.--construct]: Failed to parse time string (2010-05-15 00:00:00 Australia/NSW) at position 20 (A): The timezone could not be found in the database' in /XXXX/test.php on line 4 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51819&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51819&r=mysqlcfg