#22135 [Fbk->Csd]: PHP confused by America/Los Angeles timezone

ID: 22135 User updated by: vaughan at ucla dot edu Reported By: vaughan at ucla dot edu -Status: Feedback +Status: Closed Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Linux (debian) PHP Version: 4.2.3 New Comment: I rebuilt php a while after my Feb 25th posting, and the problem mysteriously went away. Since I run the testing dist of Debian and update with apt regularly (almost daily), there's a good chance that some other package got changed and that's what fixed the problem. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-05-01 20:25:49] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-25 13:25:51] vaughan at ucla dot edu sniper@php.net wrote: <snip> You should set the timezone correctly before you _start_ apache, in the shell..</snip> I tried that..see my posting below from 9 Feb 1:54pm. Even when TZ is set correctly in the shell to 'America/Los_Angeles' before starting apache, php's getenv('TZ') reports "America/Los Angeles" as the timezone. If I set TZ to 'US/Pacific' in the shell, stop and start apache, php still reports the timezone incorrectly as "America/Los Angeles". So, if PHP does not seem to be picking up the timezone from the environment. Again, the only way I can affect the timezone is using putenv(). Not sure where to go from here. Perhaps pull from CVS and recompile? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-25 02:27:31] sniper@php.net As your first script mentioned, the output for getenv('TZ') was "America/Los Angeles" which is wrong.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-25 02:26:31] sniper@php.net SetEnv in httpd.conf has no effect on PHP. You should set the timezone correctly before you _start_ apache, in the shell.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-24 10:38:00] vaughan at ucla dot edu You're right. I should have used "America/Los_Angeles". results: experiment #1, using putenv("TZ=America/Los_Angeles"); php produces the correct time after this, but not before (that is, doesn't pick up TZ from the system). experiment # 3, SetEnv TZ=America/Los_Angeles in httpd.conf has no effect -- the time is still wrong until I use putenv with either "US/Pacific" or "America/Los_Angeles". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 http://bugs.php.net/22135 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22135&edit=1