#50155 [NEW]: Poorly defined Epoch

From: edwin dot h at clear dot net dot nz Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Poorly defined Epoch Description: ------------ In the documentation for DateTime::createFromFormat, the Unix Epoch is defined (incorrectly) as 1970-01-01 00:00:00 whereas it is in fact 1970- 01-01 00:00:00 GMT. Note that the former is only correct at GMT and BST during winter. It is invalid for all other timezones. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: datetime.createfromformat#Parameters --- -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50155&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50155&r=mysqlcfg