Bug #76988 [Com]: Wrong spelling in time zone name

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76988&edit=1 ID: 76988 Comment by: igor dot yavych at gmail dot com Reported by: igor dot yavych at gmail dot com Summary: Wrong spelling in time zone name Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Hello, thank you, I've written to IANA regarding the situation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-10-09 17:03:42] peehaa@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-10-09 16:57:45] mega6382 at mega6382 dot me This is not PHP specific, that is just what the timezone is called, please check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-10-09 16:50:53] igor dot yavych at gmail dot com Description: ------------ In PHP, regardless of its version, you get Ukraine's timezone with incorrect spelling of its capital city. Currently, you can retrieve it with Europe/Kiev which is incorrect spelling. Correct spelling would be Europe/Kyiv. Kyiv is the right version as decided by UNCSGN (United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names) and UNGEGN (United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names)."Kiev" is in Russian. Test script: --------------- None Expected result: ---------------- None Actual result: -------------- None ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76988&edit=1