Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65787&edit=1
ID: 65787
Updated by: requi...@php.net
Reported by: vascowhite at gmail dot com
Summary: DateTime::__construct() accepts all single letters
except 'j' as valid timezone
-Status: Open
+Status: Duplicate
Type: Bug
Package: Date/time related
Operating System: All?
PHP Version: 5.5.4
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Single letters except "j" correspond to a military timezone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_time_zones
(I've marked the other report as a doc bug accordingly.)
Previous Comments:
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[2013-09-29 15:56:59] vascowhite at gmail dot com
I just found that this is a duplicate of bug #65747
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[2013-09-29 15:13:43] vascowhite at gmail dot com
Description:
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If just a single letter is passed to the constructor of \DateTime it is
accepted
as a valid timezone string. Except, for some strange reason, the letter 'j'.
Test script:
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$date = new \DateTime('a');
var_dump($date);
Expected result:
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I expect an exception to be raised with the message:-
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message
'DateTime::__construct():
Failed to parse time string (a) at position 0 (a): The timezone could not be
found
in the database'
Actual result:
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Except for when the letter 'j' is passed a DateTime object is created. For
example
the following code:-
$date = new \DateTime('a');
var_dump($date);
Will give the following output:-
object(DateTime)[1]
public 'date' => string '2013-09-29 15:17:19' (length=19)
public 'timezone_type' => int 2
public 'timezone' => string 'A' (length=1)
Where it should raise an exception.
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