Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55527&edit=1
ID: 55527
Comment by: junxing dot lin at yahoo dot com
Reported by: john at zerocrates dot org
Summary: DateTime::__construct throws Exception even when
timezone is specified
Status: Open
Type: Bug
Package: Date/time related
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 5.3.8
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
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[2011-08-28 22:23:49] john at zerocrates dot org
Description:
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The DateTime constructor throws an Exception warning that it is not safe to
rely
on the system's timezone settings if you try to construct a DateTime object and
haven't somehow specified a timezone, whether by using
date_default_timezone_set,
the date.timezone setting, or the $timezone argument of DateTime itself.
However, there is another way to specify the timezone for a DateTime object, by
passing a time string which includes a timezone as the first argument to the
constructor. When such a string is given, the $timezone argument is ignored and
the timezone given in the string is always used.
However, this doesn't prevent the Exception from being thrown, even though a
timezone is being specified. To avoid the Exception, you have to have a default
timezone set, or you have to pass a DateTimeZone as the second argument, even
though neither would actually be used for creating the object.
Test script:
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<?php
ini_set('date.timezone', NULL);
try {
$date = new DateTime('2011-08-28T00:00:00+0000');
echo $date->format('O');
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception thrown.';
}
echo PHP_EOL;
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
try {
$date = new DateTime('2011-08-28T00:00:00+0000');
echo $date->format('O');
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Exception thrown.';
}
Expected result:
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+0000
+0000
Actual result:
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Exception thrown.
+0000
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