Bug #1640

Date_TimeZone doesn't recognize 'EDT'

Details

Submitted	2004-06-15 02:54 UTC
From	php040604 at awks dot org
Assigned	danielc
Status	Closed
Package	Date
PHP Version	Irrelevant
OS	Linux
Roadmaps	(Not assigned)

Comments

[2004-06-15 02:54 UTC] php040604 at awks dot org

Description:
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Date_TimeZone uses UTC instead of EST when the timezone
name is "EDT". The fix is to create an entry for EDT
alongside EST and EST5EDT in the code.

By the way, have you considered making each timezone entry
a separate file, such as a short .ini file, and just have
Date_TimeZone load that one file whenever a timezone is
loaded? For instance, if "America/Thunder_Bay" is the
timezone, it would load data from:
"Date/timezone-data/America/Thunder_Bay.ini" and so forth.

That way the code wouldn't have to parse and carry around
the full array of timezones.

Reproduce code:
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require_once 'Date/TimeZone.php';

$dtz = Date_TimeZone::getDefault();

$php_tz = date('T'); // on my machine this returns 'EDT'
$pear_tz = $dtz->getShortName();

print("$php_tz =? $pear_tz\n");

Expected result:
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EDT =? EST

Actual result:
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EDT =? UTC

[2004-06-15 17:04 UTC] pierre at dotgeek dot org

Which version of Date (package version)?

--Pierre

[2004-06-16 08:03 UTC] php040604 at awks dot org

version is 1.4.3