Re: dst and strtotime

On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 17:58 +0100, Tijnema ! wrote: > On 3/13/07, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 17:50 +0100, Tijnema ! wrote: > > > On 3/13/07, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 12:31 -0400, Jake McHenry wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: Jake McHenry [mailto:linux@nittanytravel.com] > > > > > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:22 AM > > > > > >> To: For users of Fedora; PHP-General > > > > > >> Subject: Re: [PHP] dst and strtotime > > > > > >> > > > > > >> A little more info: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> strtotime("last monday") or yesterday, is correct, > > > > > >> but > > > > > >> strtotime("last > > > > > >> sunday") gives me 3/10 (saturday), strtotime("last > > > > > >> saturday") gives me > > > > > >> 3/9 > > > > > >> (Friday), "last friday" gives me 3/8 thursday...... etc. > > > > > >> maybe it will go > > > > > >> away after a week?????? > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the output of the below? > > > > > > > > > > > > echo date("Y-m-d g:i A T", time()); > > > > > > echo date("Y-m-d g:i A T", strtotime("last > > > > > > sunday")); > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2007-03-13 12:30 PM EDT > > > > > 2007-03-10 11:00 PM EST > > > > > > > > Funny stuff... I get the same under Ubuntu 6.10 with php 4.4.4 (manual > > > > build). > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rob. > > > I live in The Netherlands, using CET, and the output is fine. > > > > > > 2007-03-13 5:49 PM CET > > > 2007-03-11 12:00 AM CET > > > > > > So the EDT/EST must cause the problem. > > > > I have my doubts that incorrect output is the cause. It's more likely > > the result. I'm ion the process of building PHP 4.4.6 to see if it has > > the same problem. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > It is not a PHP problem, i just checked it on a server running > PHP4.4.4 in GMT timezone, output: > 2007-03-13 4:55 PM GMT > 2007-03-11 12:00 AM GMT > > All working fine. Well that's strange since PHP4 and 5 both use the same ini file on my dev box. And so they both get the following ini setting: date.timezone="Canada/Eastern" And in php 4.4.4 I get the bad output, but in php 5.2.0 I get the good output. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'