Bug #66985 [Opn]: Some timezones are no longer valid in PHP 5.5.10

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66985&edit=1 ID: 66985 User updated by: evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl Reported by: evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl Summary: Some timezones are no longer valid in PHP 5.5.10 Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.5.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Here's a full list of timezones that are not supported on PHP 5.5.10: CST6CDT Cuba Egypt Eire EST5EDT Factory GB-Eire GMT0 Greenwich Hongkong Iceland Iran Israel Jamaica Japan Kwajalein Libya MST7MDT Navajo NZ-CHAT Poland Portugal PST8PDT Singapore Turkey Universal W-SU Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-30 20:13:50] evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl Description: ------------ Sample code attached. Note that this worked before 5.5.10. Perhaps I took advantage of a feature that was not supposed to be supported, in which case I would definitely appreciate a workaround that works pre and post 5.5.10 :) Test script: --------------- php -r "echo (new DateTimeZone('EST5EDT'))->getName();"; Expected result: ---------------- EST5EDT Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'DateTimeZone::__construct(): Unknown or bad timezone (EST5EDT)' in Command line code on line 1 Exception: DateTimeZone::__construct(): Unknown or bad timezone (EST5EDT) in Command line code on line 1 Call Stack: 0.0001 221064 1. {main}() Command line code:0 0.0001 221296 2. DateTimeZone->__construct() Command line code:1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66985&edit=1