Bug #76624 [Opn]: date_create_from_format doesn't respect "T" Timezone format character

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76624&edit=1 ID: 76624 User updated by: jalaj dot chhalotre at gmail dot com Reported by: jalaj dot chhalotre at gmail dot com Summary: date_create_from_format doesn't respect "T" Timezone format character Status: Open Type: Bug Package: *General Issues -Operating System: Ubuntu 0.16.04.1 +Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04.1 PHP Version: 7.0.30 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Corrected OS (typo) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-07-14 20:39:49] jalaj dot chhalotre at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When T timezone format character is used to specify timezone in date_create_from_format() function, wrong time (with respect to epoch) is generated. In test script attached, two different epoch times are generated if 'T' and 'e' timezone format characters are used. However using e format character returns correct time. Test script: --------------- # date_string = "2018-07-13 15:30:15 IST" = "2018-07-13 15:30:15 Asia/Kolkata" $date1 = new DateTime('2018-07-13 15:30:15', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata')); echo $date1->format('Y-m-d H:i:s T'); //2018-07-13 15:30:15 IST echo $str1=$date1->format('U'); //1531476015 $date2=date_create_from_format('Y-m-d H:i:s T', '2018-07-13 15:30:15 IST'); echo $str2=$date2->format('U'); //1531488615 /* $str1 IS NOT equal to $str2 but date1=date2 */ echo $date1->format('Y-m-d H:i:s e'); //2018-07-13 15:30:15 Asia/Kolkata echo $str3=$date1->format('U'); //1531476015 $date2=date_create_from_format('Y-m-d H:i:s e', '2018-07-13 15:30:15 Asia/Kolkata'); echo $str4=$date2->format('U'); //1531476015 /* $str3 IS equal to $str4 as date1=date3 */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76624&edit=1