Bug #54655 [NEW]: unable to compare timezones instance with == operator

From: Operating system: any? PHP version: 5.3.6 Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:unable to compare timezones instance with == operator Description: ------------ just a cosmetic problem $a = new \DateTimeZone("Europe/Rome"); $b = new \DateTimeZone("Europe/Athens"); var_dump($a == $b); // true... not so nice var_dump($a->getName() == $b->getName()); // false, good all other classes of datetime lib can be compared using various operators, but not datetimezone would be nice having this working too, if possible: var_dump($a >= $b); var_dump($a <= $b); thank you -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54655&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54655&r=mysqlcfg