Doc #73225 [Opn->Nab]: 'GMT-14' formatted as '+14' in 7.1.0RC3 only

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73225&edit=1 ID: 73225 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported by: sjon at hortensius dot net Summary: 'GMT-14' formatted as '+14' in 7.1.0RC3 only -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Date/time related PHP Version: 7.1.0RC3 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php I'm closing this, especially because we just moved the scary warning back to the top of the page. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-10-04 16:04:11] sjon at hortensius dot net @cmb; You might be right, I just found it odd and expected a notice in the changelog. But maybe the current warning calling it erroneous is indeed enough ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-10-04 16:00:40] cmb@php.net I'm not sure that we should document *this* change. Actually, the first warning on the page already states: > Please do not use any of the timezones listed here (besides > UTC), they only exist for backward compatible reasons, and may > expose erroneous behavior. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-10-03 11:29:54] bwoebi@php.net As per a change in the official timezone database version 2016g (http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2016-September/000041.html) this is expected behavior. See the linked announcement mail for a list of all changes. Changing to documentation bug as docs need to be updated in order to reflect that change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-10-02 10:23:01] sjon at hortensius dot net Description: ------------ I found 7.1.0RC3 unexpectedly formats "Etc/GMT-14" as '+14', this goes against the warning displayed on http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.others.php See https://3v4l.org/3FOZp Test script: --------------- <?php $time = new DateTime("2001-05-12 00:20:00", new DateTimeZone("Etc/GMT-14")); echo $time->format("D, d M Y H:i:s T"); Expected result: ---------------- Sat, 12 May 2001 00:20:00 GMT-14 Actual result: -------------- Sat, 12 May 2001 00:20:00 +14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73225&edit=1