note 116437 added to function.date-default-timezone-set

It seems to me that it should be up to the computer operator to set the system's timezone, NOT the software coder. As is the case in almost every other IT system on the planet. I do not understand why a software coder working in Chicago is forced to hardcode a TZ into software which may be used in Tokyo or London. That only case in which that would make sense would be where UTC is preferable to local time. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 212.159.68.116 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/116437 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116437/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116437/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116437/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116437/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116437/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116437/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116437 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/116437 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php