Doc #55113 [Opn->Bgs]: Error in Named Time Zones

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55113&edit=1 ID: 55113 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported by: Ray dot Paseur at Gmail dot com Summary: Error in Named Time Zones -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Documentation Problem Package: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3.6 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 They are very new names, you need to either use a PHP version from SVN, or install the timezonedb PECL extension for them to work. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-02 11:07:37] Ray dot Paseur at Gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/timezones --- http://www.laprbass.com/RAY_temp_timezones_test.php Outputs: TESTING NAMED TIME ZONES America/Kralendijk IS BOGUS America/Lower_Princes IS BOGUS Test script: --------------- <?php // RAY_temp_timezones_test.php error_reporting(E_ALL); echo "<pre>"; $timezones = array ( 'America/Kralendijk' , 'America/Louisville' , 'America/Lower_Princes' ); $bogus = FALSE; echo PHP_EOL . "TESTING NAMED TIME ZONES"; foreach ($timezones as $t) { if (FALSE === @date_default_timezone_set($t)) { $bogus = TRUE; echo PHP_EOL . "$t IS BOGUS"; } } // SHOW MESSAGE IF ALL PASS if (!$bogus) echo PHP_EOL . "ALL NAMED TIME ZONES WORK WITH date_default_timezone_set()"; Expected result: ---------------- ALL NAMED TIME ZONES WORK WITH... Actual result: -------------- TESTING NAMED TIME ZONES America/Kralendijk IS BOGUS America/Lower_Princes IS BOGUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55113&edit=1