ID:               38735
 User updated by:  cyril at bouthors dot org
 Reported By:      cyril at bouthors dot org
 Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
 Operating System: any
 PHP Version:      latest
 New Comment:

Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean, hence the TZ region
shortname "Indian". This is confusing but acceptable.

The thing that is less acceptable about this country is the fact that
the TZ databases clearly says "Africa" but PHP says "Asia":

http://ch2.php.net/manual/en/timezones.asia.php
                                       ^^^^

says "List of timezones in the group Asia" ... "Indian/Antananarivo".

Am I clear?


Previous Comments:
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[2006-09-08 11:54:21] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In the database it is defined in the "africa" file as:

# Madagascar
# Zone  NAME        GMTOFF  RULES   FORMAT  [UNTIL]
Zone Indian/Antananarivo 3:10:04 -  LMT 1911 Jul
            3:00    -   EAT 1954 Feb 27 23:00s
            3:00    1:00    EAST    1954 May 29 23:00s
            3:00    -   EAT

No clue why they put it in the Indian group but it's not something we
(as PHP team) can change.

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[2006-09-08 11:51:58] cyril at bouthors dot org

Indian/Antananarivo is the capital city of Madagascar.

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[2006-09-08 11:31:57] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

There isn't even a zone called Indian/Madagascar... so what are you
talking about? (And keep this bug bogus)

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[2006-09-08 10:52:38] cyril at bouthors dot org

I followed the link "Complete timezone information for all countries"
on the tz website and I've seen that Madagascar is clearly listed in
Africa, not Asia :

http://home.tiscali.nl/~t876506/TZworld.html#afr

This is a bug in PHP.

Please fix http://ch2.php.net/manual/en/timezones.asia.php

Thanks.

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[2006-09-08 10:43:12] cyril at bouthors dot org

Ok. I will contact http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm

Thank you.

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