> >Description: >After setting the TZ environment variable to a different timezone, then >using the UNIX_TIMESTAMP(...) function on a mysql timestamp string >brings back the correct time, but a date that is a day out, but only >for certain dates. It seems that the date becomes the original date >plus the difference in the timezones. Only the date is affected - >not the time. Ie if the new timezone is +5 hours difference, then it >will add 5 hours to the timestamp, use that date, then use the >original time of the timestamp. >Since a timestamp is a timestamp, it should not be affected by the >timezone when displaying it.
They're stored in GMT but converted to the server's timezone for display. > >How-To-Repeat: >1. create a timestamp in the database >2. using a select statement, apply the UNIX_TIMESTAMP function to >the timestamp >3. change the TZ environment var to another timezone >4. using a select statement, apply the UNIX_TIMESTAMP function to >the timestamp > >repeat these steps for each of the 24 hours in the day for the >original timestamp, and you will see that some of them will have >different dates. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
