Bug #66985 [ReO]: Some timezones are no longer valid in PHP 5.5.10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 Updated by: yohgaki@php.net Reported by: evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl Summary: Some timezones are no longer valid in PHP 5.5.10 Status: Re-Opened Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Any PHP Version: 5.5.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Note: JST (Japanese Standard Time) is used to work with older PHP also. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-18 16:04:17] derick@php.net It doesn't work, there are some other bits of code that only let allow through IDs with a / in them. I've moved this to the top of my todo list, so hopefully get to it soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-18 15:51:51] rasmus@php.net Derick, wouldn't the easiest solution just be to add these to timezonemap.h? As in, for EST5EDT it would be something like: { "edt", 1, -14400, "EST5EDT" }, { "est", 1, -18000, "EST5EDT" }, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-16 17:01:09] evert at rooftopsolutions dot nl OT: Bit dissapointed that it required a comment from Rasmus for this issue to be as much as acknowledged. Didn't ask for an immediate fix, but getting ignored really sucks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-16 14:30:48] rasmus@php.net Yup, I looked at it too, I thought it would be as simple as adding them back into the array there, but I see it isn't. The fact that it has been 4 patch releases isn't really an issue though. People are migrating slowly to 5.5 still. For those who are already on current 5.5 they either already fixed this by moving to a more precise tz identifier or they didn't have the problem in the first place, so they won't be affected by the fix. And for the others who aren't there yet it will only help them by removing a compatibility obstacle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-07-16 14:26:01] derick@php.net I don't disagree... but not sure what to do now. It's been four patch releases (or more since) and the discontinuation of those "deprecated identifiers" was a consequence of allowing CEST and the like as argument to a constructor - which there were a few bug reports for. So we can't just revert the patch. Fixing this is certainly possible, but not as trivial as I hoped when looking into this again. It's still in the back of my head, but I've had some other priorities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66985 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66985&edit=1