Re: switching between timezones?

This should be fixed now in CVS. I made putenv() to call tzset() always when TZ is changed. --Jani On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Joe Black wrote: >I noticed a similar/same problem, and found a possible workaround - make an >abitrary call to mktime() after your putenv("TZ=..."). It seems to >"activate" the timezone change. > >putenv("TZ=Greenwich"); >mktime(0,0,0,1,1,1970); >echo date("H"); > >"Seth Northrop" <seth@calculon.northrops.com> wrote in message >news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0101072022100.29136-100000@calculon.northrops.com... >> >> I noticed that there are still issues with switching between >> timezones. Is this a bug? And, if so is there any indication when it >> might be fixed. >> >> For example, given the following: >> >> <? >> >> # foo.php >> putenv("TZ=Greenwich"); >> echo date("H")."\n"; >> putenv("TZ=US/Central"); >> echo date("H")."\n"; >> putenv("TZ=Greenwich"); >> echo date("H")."\n"; >> >> ?> >> >> >> $./php3 foo.php >> Content-type: text/html >> >> 03 >> 21 >> 03 >> >> >> $./php4 foo.php >> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.1pl2 >> Content-type: text/html >> >> 03 >> 03 >> 03 >> >> >> $./php4.4 foo.php >> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.4 >> Content-type: text/html >> >> 03 >> 03 >> 03 >> >> Notice it worked in php3, but is failing within PHP 4 (including >> 4.0.4). Also notice that the first switch usually works; though, I've >> even noticed where the first putenv fails and the script stays within the >> local timezone. >> >> I also noticed there has been previous discussion (but no response?) on >> the topic: >> >> >> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=97666005518422&w=2 >> >> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=97157283226980&w=2 >> >> Any ideas? >> Seth >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> > > > >