Req #45528 [Com]: Cannot initialize a DateTimeZone object by offset only
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45528&edit=1
ID: 45528
Comment by: evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl
Reported by: tj at systisoft dot com
Summary: Cannot initialize a DateTimeZone object by offset
only
Status: Closed
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Date/time related
Operating System: All
PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2008-07-16 (CVS)
Assigned To: derick
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Welp.. this was pretty much a BC break. PHP 5.5.10 broke 5 unittests for me.
Previous Comments:
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[2014-02-09 20:59:01] derick@php.net
The fix for this bug has been committed.
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Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.
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[2008-07-16 09:58:17] tj at systisoft dot com
Description:
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Sometimes you get timezones from other sources in offset only format. This is often the case when
dealing with databases.
So yo have sometimes the situation where you have to set a time zone to a DateTime that is only
defined by the offset. While an offset alone is not a time zone the DateTimeZone object can handle
them by treating them as a time zone without daylight saving and offset, the name of that time zone
is the offset itself. This seems to be the way if such time zones are obtained from a DateTime
object.
It would be nice behavior if new DateTimeZone($d->getName()) will always succeed if $d is a
DateTimeZone.
Reproduce code:
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$d = new DateTimeZone(date_create('+01:00')->getTimeZone()->getName());
echo $d->getName();
Expected result:
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+01:00
Actual result:
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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message
'DateTimeZone::__construct(): Unknown or bad timezone (+01:00)' in Command line code:1
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