Req #81319 [Opn]: Incredibly wrong and stupid note is highly ranked on `time()` docs
| From: | will dot duncan dot nn at gmail dot com | Date: | Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:42:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Req #81319 [Opn]: Incredibly wrong and stupid note is highly ranked on `time()` docs | ||
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Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81319&edit=1
ID: 81319
User updated by: will dot duncan dot nn at gmail dot com
Reported by: will dot duncan dot nn at gmail dot com
Summary: Incredibly wrong and stupid note is highly ranked on
time() docs
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Website problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Description:
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php#118876
The user is implying that UTC is affected by daylight saving, which is obviously not true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
The user is implying that "not every day has 24 hours," however, for UTC, which is used
for the time() function, this is never the case. Under "Mechanism" on the
Wikipedia article, you can easily find the following quote: "Each day contains 24 hours and
each hour contains 60 minutes."
I am reporting this as this is the #2 most upvoted note for this page. It is incredibly misleading
and inaccurate. Notes like this one can greatly damage new developers browsing the documentation,
especially when said note appears on the top.
Previous Comments:
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[2021-08-01 14:41:14] will dot duncan dot nn at gmail dot com
Description:
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php#118876
The use is implying that UTC is affected by daylight saving, which is obviously not true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
The user is implying that "not every day has 24 hours," however, for UTC, which is used
for the time() function, this is never the case. Under "Mechanism" on the
Wikipedia article, you can easily find the following quote: "Each day contains 24 hours and
each hour contains 60 minutes."
I am reporting this as this is the #2 most upvoted note for this page. It is incredibly misleading
and inaccurate. Notes like this one can greatly damage new developers browsing the documentation,
especially when said note appears on the top.
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