ID: 22135
User updated by: vaughan at ucla dot edu
Reported By: vaughan at ucla dot edu
-Status: Feedback
+Status: Open
Bug Type: Date/time related
Operating System: Linux (debian)
PHP Version: 4.2.3
New Comment:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<snip>
You should set the timezone correctly before you _start_
apache, in the shell..</snip>
I tried that..see my posting below from 9 Feb 1:54pm. Even when TZ is
set correctly in the shell to 'America/Los_Angeles' before starting
apache, php's getenv('TZ') reports "America/Los Angeles" as the
timezone. If I set TZ to 'US/Pacific' in the shell, stop and start
apache, php still reports the timezone incorrectly as "America/Los
Angeles". So, if PHP does not seem to be picking up the timezone from
the environment. Again, the only way I can affect the timezone is
using putenv().
Not sure where to go from here. Perhaps pull from CVS and recompile?
Previous Comments:
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[2003-02-25 02:27:31] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As your first script mentioned, the output for
getenv('TZ') was "America/Los Angeles" which is wrong..
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[2003-02-25 02:26:31] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SetEnv in httpd.conf has no effect on PHP.
You should set the timezone correctly before you _start_
apache, in the shell..
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[2003-02-24 10:38:00] vaughan at ucla dot edu
You're right. I should have used "America/Los_Angeles".
results: experiment #1, using
putenv("TZ=America/Los_Angeles");
php produces the correct time after this, but not before (that is,
doesn't pick up TZ from the system).
experiment # 3, SetEnv TZ=America/Los_Angeles in httpd.conf
has no effect -- the time is still wrong until I use putenv with either
"US/Pacific" or "America/Los_Angeles".
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[2003-02-22 13:37:46] michael dot mauch at gmx dot de
I don't see a /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Los_Angeles on Debian, only
America/Los_Angeles (and US/Pacific). So I suggest you try again with
America/Los_Angeles.
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[2003-02-22 11:37:58] vaughan at ucla dot edu
no, TZ is not being set in httpd.conf nor in apachectl.
Experiment #1
What happens if we use putenv("TZ=US/Los_Angeles")?
the script:
<?
print("server timezone is: " . getenv('TZ') . "<br>\n");
print("server time is: " . date("F j, Y, g:i a") . "<br>\n");
print("changing server time zone to US/Los_Angeles....<br>\n");
putenv("TZ=US/Los_Angeles");
print("new server time is: " . date("F j, Y, g:i a") . "<br>\n");
print("new server timezone for this script is: " . getenv('TZ'));
?>
here's the output, with the incorrect times:
server timezone is: America/Los Angeles
server time is: February 22, 2003, 5:01 pm
changing server time zone to US/Los_Angeles....
new server time is: February 22, 2003, 5:01 pm
new server timezone for this script is: US/Los_Angeles
output of date(T):US/Los_Angeles
Experiment # 2:
I also tried putting
SetEnv US/Pacific
into httpd.conf.
this script:
print("server timezone is: " . getenv('TZ') . "<br>\n");
print("server time is: " . date("F j, Y, g:i a") . "<br>\n");
print("changing server time zone to US/Pacific....<br>\n");
putenv("TZ=US/Pacific");
print("new server time is: " . date("F j, Y, g:i a") . "<br>\n");
print("new server timezone for this script is: " . getenv('TZ'));
produces this output:
server timezone is: US/Pacific
server time is: February 22, 2003, 5:29 pm
changing server time zone to US/Pacific....
new server time is: February 22, 2003, 9:29 am
new server timezone for this script is: US/Pacific
output of date(T):PST
In this case, PHP picks up the US/Pacific timezone from the
environment, but gets the time wrong!
Experiment # 3
try with SetEnv = US/Los_Angeles in httpd.conf
same script as #2, produces bad output:
server timezone is: US/Los_Angeles
server time is: February 22, 2003, 5:34 pm
changing server time zone to US/Pacific....
new server time is: February 22, 2003, 9:34 am
new server timezone for this script is: US/Los_Angeles
output of date(T):PST
So it seems to be the case that the ONLY way to get PHP to have the
correct time is to use putenv("TZ=US/Pacific") in a script.
Any other ideas? Thanks for your help
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