Re: Issue with STRFTIME and Daylight Savings

Hi Rob: Thanks for the feedback. Just to throw one in from "left field", the script is written in AWK, not PHP (told you I was a novice!) Have confirmed that 'systime' refers to hardware clock, so I have a quick and dirty work-around by adding '3600' (seconds) to STRFTIME, but will look into a cleaner solution. Thanks & Regards, Malcolm. Malcolm Green Voice Consultant, Managed Network Services CSC Australia Pty Limited M: 0401-002-569 T: (02) 9034-3114 E: malcolm.green@csc.com.au "Vision without action is a dream; action without vision is a nightmare." - Chinese Proverb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn .com> To Malcolm Green <mgreen38@csc.com.au> 03/12/2007 04:53 cc PM php-general@lists.php.net Subject Re: [PHP] Issue with STRFTIME and Daylight Savings On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 15:14 +1000, Malcolm Green wrote: > Hi Support: > > I've moved into a new role and inherited a system which uses the 'STRFTIME' > function to create a filename in the form 'strftime("%Y%m%d")'; the > filename is supposed to be "today's date". (Note I've left out the file > extension for clarity.) > > I've noticed that system creates the wrong filename when the process runs > between midnight and 12:59am, during Daylight Savings time. That is, it > creates a filename equal to "yesterday's date". When run at 1:00am or > later, everything OK. > > I've checked the Date/Time and 'Locale' settings in Windows, and everything > is ok. My initial thought was that STRFTIME was looking a the system clock > rather than Windows (?). > > Can you help? > > (PS ... please be gentle, I'm a novice at PHP!) Check your timezone settings in php.ini Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ...........................................................