Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7518: Rounding problems with mktime() or date()

On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, Zeev Suraski wrote: > ><?php > > $DAYS = 3600 * 24; > > $fdom = mktime( 0, 0, 0, 10, 8, 2000 ); > > for ($i = 1; $i < 30; $i++) > > echo date( "d.m.Y", $fdom + ($i - 1) * $DAYS ) . " "; > >?> > > > >This script should list the day number from October, 08th, through the > >next 30 days. It repeats the 29th day of October. I don't know why. > > My guess is that it's due to daylight saving issues. Any chance there's a > switch between standard time to daylight time (or the other way around) on > this date? This is correct. Relying on the amount of hours in a day to be a constant is a bad thing to do. :) Also, relying on where and/or when daylight savings will / won't occur is also a bad idea. (See Australia, 2000 where the governemnt altered the regular date as to not disrupt the Olympics.) -adam -- / adam maccabee trachtenberg | visit college life online \ \ adam@student.net | http://www.student.com /