#34675 [Opn->Csd]: Date() is habitually 8 hours exactly behind current system time (Win XP)

ID: 34675 Updated by: nlopess@php.net Reported By: ryan_huff at knl dot cc -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows XP HOME PHP Version: 5.1.0RC1 New Comment: Everything should be ok now (timezone list in the appendix, ini settings documented, windows magic guessing code almost working,..) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-29 14:10:33] ryan_huff at knl dot cc Was this a change from php 5.0.5 - 5.1? Because even the recommended .ini in the 5.0.5 package makes no mention of date.timezone, thats a new on me. Thanks a bunch! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-29 13:42:39] derick@php.net That will be addressed in the documentation very soon. It depends on which area you are exactly in, for now pick one from the list here: http://viewcvs.php.net/viewcvs.cgi/php-src/ext/date/lib/timezonedb.h?rev=1.4.2.2&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup date.timezone=America/New_York is how you put it into php.ini ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-29 13:32:22] ryan_huff at knl dot cc Okay, I updated to the newest CSV and switched the .ini out as suggested. I am having an issue with date.timezone though, I'm in GMT -05:00 Eastern Time (US & Canada) however, I have not found any docs that tell me what format I need to use for date.timezone, do I use quotes, how do I format the directive? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-29 09:17:50] derick@php.net You see a warning if you enable E_STRICT mode btw. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-29 05:39:07] ryan_huff at knl dot cc Description: ------------ On Windows XP Home which is the only system I have tried this issue on, using the date(); function to return system time produces a result that is always 8 hours exactly behind the current system time. I have verified that the following is true; 1: Y2K Compliance is turned " On " in php.ini 2: The systems time is correct and in the correct time zone 3: The system is using daylight savings time I have repeated this error consistantly using several variations of format characters. The ability to return the correct date however, seems unaffected. This issue does not occur on my other Windows XP Home system, using PHP 5.4.3 & the same PHP.ini config and the same script. Reproduce code: --------------- variation 1.) date("H:i:s"); variation 2.) date("h:i:s"); variation 3.) date("h:i"); variation 4.) date("g:i"); Expected result: ---------------- I expect to see a verbos system time from php however, the result is consistantly 8 hours behind the system time Actual result: -------------- if the current system time is 11:32 pm, PHP 5.1RC1 will render 03:32 pm using any number of format character variations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34675&edit=1