RE: [PEAR-DEV] [rfc] Date, TZ, and Bill or bug #22418

> From: Pierre-Alain Joye [mailto:paj@pearfr.org] > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 8:58 PM > Win32 is again a source of weird things :). TZ is not defined with the > same value on each windows version for the same timezone (and I'm sure > that even changes on each locale versions of the same windows :P ). See > bug #22418 (1). > > I looked in others langages how they work with TZ, > they use this nice DB in near all langages (in the core and/or > specialized modules for date/time). I think wa can go to bundle the open > TZ database (2) in a suitable format: > > Create a common array synced with the open timezone database. The array > should be synced on each release. Methods to sync it from the online DB > can solve issues between releases. > > This method will make the code really portable. Users should use the > bundled timezone with their apps. +1 regards, Lukas