Bug #53804 [Opn]: IntlDateFormatter class does not support Asia/Kathmandu

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53804&edit=1 ID: 53804 Updated by: stas@php.net Reported by: belfilie at ie dot ibm dot com Summary: IntlDateFormatter class does not support Asia/Kathmandu Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Win XP, Win 2003 Server PHP Version: 5.3SVN-2011-01-21 (SVN) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I realize it might be a bit confusing but IntlDateFormatter actually uses ICU timezones, not PHP timezones. Those are supposed to be the same, since both derive from CLDR timezone database, but if you have an old ICU library, it may fall behind. Unfortunately, there's not other way around it but upgrading you ICU library. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-01-21 15:58:42] belfilie at ie dot ibm dot com Description: ------------ The version of PHP is 5.3.2 We are using the IntlDateFormatter library and have noticed that if we pass as timezone 'Asia/Katmandu' it works correctly and resolves it to Nepal time, however it does not recognize 'Asia/Kathmandu' as a valid Olsen timezone. According to this page (http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.asia.php) both spellings are recognized by PHP and according to this page (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/tzdata-versions-138805.html) Java has included a change from Katmandu to Kathmandu in its 1.4 release. Will Asia/Kathmandu be supported by this library? Thanks Test script: --------------- Just create a new instance of the IntlDateFormatter class, and pass in "Asia/Kathmandu" as its last parameter (the timezone). By comparison, try also passing in "Asia/Katmandu". Expected result: ---------------- As a temporary workaround we have put in a little hack so we test the value of the timezone and if it's equal to 'Asia/Kathmandu' we replace it with 'Asia/Katmandu'. But ideally the library should support both spellings! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53804&edit=1