Re: [rfc] Date, TZ, and Bill or bug #22418

Haven't we already a similar thing? -> http://cvs.php.net/co.php/pear/Date/Date/TimeZone.php?login=2&r=1.3 Tomas V.V.Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre-Alain Joye" <paj@pearfr.org> To: "peardev" <pear-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 8:57 PM Subject: [PEAR-DEV] [rfc] Date, TZ, and Bill or bug #22418 > hello, > > 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. > > One problem, BC issues with timezone names...but well ;) > > ideas, suggestions? > > pierre > > (1) http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=22418 > (2) http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >