#44592 [Opn->Csd]: usage of deprecated timezone UTC suggested

ID: 44592 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: bernhard at bksys dot at -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: any PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-04-01 13:11:22] derick@php.net UTC is not deprecated.. the message on that page is not 100% correct. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-04-01 13:03:48] bernhard at bksys dot at Description: ------------ http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.others.php , which lists the timezone UTC says: "Note: Please do not use any of the timezones listed here, they only exist for backward compatible reasons." OTOH http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php says: "timezone_identifier The timezone identifier, like UTC or Europe/Lisbon." Also, http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-get.php says: "If none of the above options succeeds, return UTC". I suggest to substitute UTC for something that does not exist for backward compatible reasons only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=44592&edit=1