Bug #17228 Updated: timezone incorrect in date

ID: 17228 Updated by: darron@kewl.org Reported By: darron@kewl.org Status: Open Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: solaris 2.7 PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: The quick fix may only be valid for the UK (GMT/BST) The altzone offset may be a better indicator that GMT is not the correct local timezone elsewhere. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-14 19:15:36] darron@kewl.org The following: print date( "r Z T", time() ); print gmdate( "r Z T", time() ); Gives this output: Tue, 14 May 2002 22:56:09 +0100 3600 GMT Tue, 14 May 2002 21:56:09 +0000 0 GMT Standard Time Comment: Internally solaris creates an integer named daylight after localtime() is called if an alternate time zone is in use. PHP ignores this and always uses tzname[0] Quick fix: diff ext/standard/datetime.c~ ext/standard/datetime.c 256c256,259 < tname[0] = tzname[0]; --- > if( daylight ) > tname[0] = tzname[1]; > else > tname[0] = tzname[0]; After patching the PHP code produces: Wed, 15 May 2002 00:13:40 +0100 3600 BST Tue, 14 May 2002 23:13:40 +0000 0 GMT Standard Time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17228&edit=1