Doc #74562 [Opn->Csd]: DateTimeZone->getLocation() returns false

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74562&edit=1 ID: 74562 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported by: schmidt@php.net Summary: DateTimeZone->getLocation() returns false -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 7.1.4 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: vrana Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-01-29 23:20:33] vrana@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of vrana Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=344087 Log: Document returning false (bug #74562) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-05-30 11:47:14] schmidt@php.net If this behaviour is intentional, at least the documentation needs to be updated. However, I think the current behaviour is rather confusing. I understand that DateTimeZone internally has a timezone_type property, but this is not very explicitly described in the documentation. From a UX point of view, I would expect new DateTime('2017-01-01 12:00 Etc/GMT'), new DateTime('2017-01-01 12:00Z'), new DateTime('2017-01-01 12:00 UTC') and new DateTime('2017-01-01 12:00+00:00') to have the same location. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-05-20 07:48:43] schmidt@php.net Please reopen this bug. heiglandreas@... seems to be referring to something else when he closed it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-05-15 14:53:00] schmidt@php.net In my original report, I wrote "Etc/UTC+2" by mistake. It should read "Etc/GMT+2". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-05-15 14:47:30] schmidt@php.net >The docs clearly states that the method will return 'false' in an error case. Where? I do not see any mention of this on http://php.net/manual/en/datetimezone.getlocation.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74562 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74562&edit=1