Re: 2008 is 1s longer than normal.
| From: | Scott MacVicar | Date: | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:30:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: 2008 is 1s longer than normal. | ||
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Richard Quadling wrote:
> Hi.
>
> With 2008 having a leap-second, does PHP handle this?
>
> In looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second, there
> have
> been quite a few leap seconds - 34 since Jan 1st 1972.
>
> So, if PHP isn't making any changes does this mean PHP time is 34
> seconds behind UTC?
>
> Regards,
>
PHP does what most operating systems and ignores the leap seconds.
Scott