#44399 [Opn->Bgs]: date (PHP 5) does not support O, but it's missing in the documentation

ID: 44399 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported By: robertbienert at gmx dot net -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: all PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce this bug ourselves. A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>, is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external resources such as databases, etc. If the script requires a database to demonstrate the issue, please make sure it creates all necessary tables, stored procedures etc. Please avoid embedding huge scripts into the report. There is no such errorlevel in PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-03-10 21:01:32] robertbienert at gmx dot net Well, my error handler caught a E_COMPAT when using date('O') on PHP 5. The message told be to use the TZ environment variable or code like I presented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-03-10 20:41:12] danbrown@php.net Tested this on 5.0.4 and 5.2.4 and receive the expected result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-03-10 20:32:26] robertbienert at gmx dot net Description: ------------ As of PHP 5, the date() function does not support 'O' anymore. Instead you have got to hack around with DateTime and Timezone objects (that seem to be undocumented, though), but there is nothing about it in the documentation, and PHP 5 is already some years old. Reproduce code: --------------- My current hack (written as comment to the date functions manual) follows: $dt = new DateTime(); $tz = $dt->getTimezone(); $hours = sprintf('%02d', (int)$tz->getOffset($dt) / 3600); $mins = sprintf('%02d', $tz->getOffset($dt) % 3600); $sign = $tz->getOffset($dt) > 0 ? '+' : '-'; echo $sign, $hours, $mins; Expected result: ---------------- The code above works as expected, but I would also expect that the date() manual tells me, that 'O' does not work anymore on PHP 5, why it does not work _and_ what the new way is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44399&edit=1