Req #63339 [Opn->Wfx]: Set a useful default for date.timezone option

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63339&edit=1 ID: 63339 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported by: dirkjan at ochtman dot nl Summary: Set a useful default for date.timezone option -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *Configuration Issues PHP Version: 5.4.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: If it was easy to get the timezone from the OS (it isn't), we would have done so. Since PHP 5.6, the default is now UTC and does not look at the OS at all any more, and there is no warning any more either. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-19 21:17:10] ctd682001 at yahoo dot com I am using version 5.6.17 and I am having a similar problem. Specifically with Raspbian. PHP reports the timezone as MDT when I have it configured for America/Phoenix which is MST year round. Not sure where PHP is getting timezone information but my /etc/timezone says America/Phoenix. If I set default_timezone to America/Phoenix in script the time is correct. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-07-04 07:27:26] bmassot at free dot fr On Linux the guess_timezone() function of ext/date/php_date.c could try to look at /etc/timezone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-10-23 08:58:59] dirkjan at ochtman dot nl Description: ------------ It's pretty silly that PHP requires setting an explicit date.timezone. On both Unices and Windows, it should be pretty easy to get a default timezone from the OS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63339&edit=1