note 113864 added to function.date-default-timezone-set

I'm sure I'm not the only one who is distressed by the recent default behavior change to E_NOTICE when the timezone isn't explicitly set in the program or in .ini. I insure that the clock on the server IS correct, and I don't want to have to set it in two places (the system AND PHP). So I want to read it from the system. But PHP won't accept that answer, and insists on a call to this function. So, here's my answer: <?php function setTimezone($default) { $timezone = ""; // On many systems (Mac, for instance) "/etc/localtime" is a symlink // to the file with the timezone info if (is_link("/etc/localtime")) { // If it is, that file's name is actually the "Olsen" format timezone $filename = readlink("/etc/localtime"); $pos = strpos($filename, "zoneinfo"); if ($pos) { // When it is, it's in the "/usr/share/zoneinfo/" folder $timezone = substr($filename, $pos + strlen("zoneinfo/")); } else { // If not, bail $timezone = $default; } } else { // On other systems, like Ubuntu, there's file with the Olsen time // right inside it. $timezone = file_get_contents("/etc/timezone"); if (!strlen($timezone)) { $timezone = $default; } } date_default_timezone_set($timezone); } ?> Use it by calling it with a fallback default answer. Yes, I know it doesn't work on Windows. Neither do I :) Perhaps someone wants to add that functionality. Hope this helps someone. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 72.52.91.14 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/113864 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113864/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113864/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113864/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113864/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113864/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113864/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/113864 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/113864 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php