[wellylug] php and new Daylight Savings Time

[nic]

I should have had my coffee before replying.

[nic at sugar ~]$ date;php -r "echo strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z%n');";php --version
Tue Oct  2 08:16:03 NZDT 2007
2007-10-02 07:16:03 NZST
PHP 5.1.2 (cli) (built: Mar 13 2006 08:47:11)
Copyright (c) 1997-2006 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2006 Zend Technologies

And for completeness,

[nic at sugar ~]$ zdump -v Pacific/Auckland | egrep '200[78]'
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Mar 17 13:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 18 02:59:59 2007 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Mar 17 14:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 18 02:00:00 2007 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Sep 29 13:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Sep 30 01:59:59 2007 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Sep 29 14:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Sep 30 03:00:00 2007 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Apr  5 13:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 02:59:59 2008 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Apr  5 14:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 02:00:00 2008 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Sep 27 13:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Sep 28 01:59:59 2008 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
Pacific/Auckland  Sat Sep 27 14:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Sep 28 03:00:00 2008 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800

and

[nic at sugar ~]$ zdump -v /etc/localtime | egrep '200[78]'
/etc/localtime  Sat Mar 17 13:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 18 02:59:59 2007 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800
/etc/localtime  Sat Mar 17 14:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 18 02:00:00 2007 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
/etc/localtime  Sat Sep 29 13:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Sep 30 01:59:59 2007 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
/etc/localtime  Sat Sep 29 14:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Sep 30 03:00:00 2007 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800
/etc/localtime  Sat Apr  5 13:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 02:59:59 2008 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800
/etc/localtime  Sat Apr  5 14:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Apr  6 02:00:00 2008 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
/etc/localtime  Sat Sep 27 13:59:59 2008 UTC = Sun Sep 28 01:59:59 2008 NZST isdst=0 
gmtoff=43200
/etc/localtime  Sat Sep 27 14:00:00 2008 UTC = Sun Sep 28 03:00:00 2008 NZDT isdst=1 
gmtoff=46800

And Python thinks DST flag is on

Nic

Jo Booth wrote:
> On 1/10/2007, at 20:03 , nic wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone else hit problems with php's internal timezone magic  
>> being broken with the new
>> daylight savings time?
>> I've found this:
>> * Machine time is reported correctly. I've even gone as far as  
>> rebooting it.
>> * zdump -v Pacific/Auckland shows the correct daylight savings time.
>> * I've downloaded, compiled, installed the newest php timezonedb.
>> * Timezone reported by phpinfo() set to Pacific/Auckland.
>> BUT:
>> time as reported by strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') is 1 hour behind  
>> real time.
>>
>> Any insights?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Nic C-L
> 
> 
> Onyx:~ jo$ php -r "echo strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'); echo date 
> ('r');"; date
> 2007-10-01 22:25:28
> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:25:28 +1300
> Mon Oct  1 22:25:28 NZDT 2007
> 
> Seems all good.  What OS/platform/php version are you on?
> 
> What does a php -r "echo strftime('%Z');" give?  NZDT?
> 
> This thread on the nz php users group list may help also
> <http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug/browse_thread/thread/ 
> 956d2cc661c19eac/714a11e28d3e63d3#714a11e28d3e63d3>
> 
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