#34347 [Asn->Bgs]: TimzeZones Problem

ID: 34347 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: thomas at ecommerce dot com -Status: Assigned +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: SuSE Linux PHP Version: 5CVS-2005-09-02 (snap) Assigned To: derick New Comment: This is not a bug, there is no "timezone CEST", it is simply the abbreviation for some times during the year for several European Timezones. Use Europe/Berling as timezone f.e. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-02 17:02:59] derick@php.net This has nothing to do with SPL though, also, using a TZ environment variable is NOT recommended in PHP 5.1 and up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-02 16:58:50] thomas at ecommerce dot com Description: ------------ PHP 5.1 don't know some timezones that was avaible in PHP 5.0. At first, the setted TZ come from a SPL function ( date() ) and afterwards saying it doesn't know it. Ans why will this code bellow set 'UTC' in the ENV var instead of the before setted CEST? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); echo getenv('TZ') . "\n"; echo date('T') . "\n"; putenv('TZ=' . date('T')); echo getenv('TZ') . "\n"; echo date('T') . "\n"; Expected result: ---------------- CEST CEST UTC Actual result: -------------- CEST CEST Notice: date(): Timezone setting (date.timezone) or TZ environment variable contains an unknown timezone. in /home/Thomas/test.php on line 9 UTC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34347&edit=1