ID:               39142
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      danc at merrillpress dot com
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Date/time related
 Operating System: RHEL4
 PHP Version:      5.1.6
 New Comment:

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

>forcing users to specify it twice (once in the overall
>system configuration and once specifically for PHP) serves no
purpose.
The point is that without date.timezone PHP *guesses* timezone. 
Even if the system timezone is set correctly, it doesn't mean PHP is
able to guess it, since timezone names are different across different
OSes.


Previous Comments:
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[2006-10-13 00:53:04] danc at merrillpress dot com

Description:
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In the rewritten date functions, the system emits an E_STRICT warning
when date() is called without the timezone having been set via
date_default_timezone_set() or date.timezone in an INI file.

This is bad behavior. While being able to override the time zone is a
nice feature, the system time zone is usually set correctly, and
forcing users to specify it twice (once in the overall system
configuration and once specifically for PHP) serves no purpose.

Reproduce code:
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date()

Expected result:
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E_STRICT

Actual result:
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No warning of any kind


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