cvs: qaweb / write-test.php

zoe Tue Jan 13 16:15:05 2009 UTC Modified files: /qaweb write-test.php Log: Modification to guidance on time zone setting. http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/qaweb/write-test.php?r1=1.22&r2=1.23&diff_format=u Index: qaweb/write-test.php diff -u qaweb/write-test.php:1.22 qaweb/write-test.php:1.23 --- qaweb/write-test.php:1.22 Tue May 13 14:09:55 2008 +++ qaweb/write-test.php Tue Jan 13 16:15:05 2009 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $TITLE = "Writing Tests [PHP-QAT: Quality Assurance Team]"; $SITE_UPDATE = date("D M d H:i:s Y T", filectime(__FILE__)); -/* $Id: write-test.php,v 1.22 2008/05/13 14:09:55 stevseea Exp $ */ +/* $Id: write-test.php,v 1.23 2009/01/13 16:15:05 zoe Exp $ */ common_header(); ?> @@ -201,12 +201,16 @@ these examples have affected PHP tests in the past.</p> <p>Make sure that any test touching parsing or display of dates uses a -hard-defined timezone - preferable 'UTC':</p> - +hard-defined timezone - preferable 'UTC'. It is important tha this is defined in +the file section using:</p> <pre> ---INI-- -date.timezone=UTC +date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); +</pre> +and not in the INI section. This is because of the order in which settings are checked which is: +<pre> +date_default_timezone_set() -> TZ environmental -> INI setting -> System Setting </pre> +If a TZ environmental varaibale is found the INI setting will be ignored. <p>Tests that run, or only have have matching EXPECT output, on 32bit platforms can use a SKIPIF section like:</p>