From:             vorlon at debian dot org
Operating system: all
PHP version:      5.2.4
PHP Bug Type:     Calendar related
Bug description:  unixtojd() behavior is ill-specified

Description:
------------
The calendar extension's unixtojd() function is described in the php
manual as simply:

   unixtojd — Convert Unix timestamp to Julian Day

No further explanation is given for how a Julian Day is defined in this
case.  However, if we use the definition given at
<http://www.decimaltime.hynes.net/dates.html#jdn> which appears to be the
normal astronomical meaning of a Julian Day, a Julian Day should be
measured from noon GMT (or UT).

The problem is that the unixtojd() function uses php_localtime_r() to
convert a given UNIX timestamp to a time_t struct - which means the base
Gregorian date used for the conversion is calculated in the local timezone,
not in GMT.  This function should use php_gmtime_r() instead.

This problem was detected when running the PHP testsuite with TZ=UTC set -
the ext/calendar/tests/unixtojd.phpt test expects a value that is only
returned in a timezone west of GMT!
(Separately, I see nowhere that the 12h offset is taken into account, so
in practice all unixtojd() results are currently calculated from midnight
in the local timezone.)

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
setenv('TZ=America/Los_Angeles');
echo unixtojd(1000000000). "\n";
?>


Expected result:
----------------
2452162

Actual result:
--------------
2452161

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