From:             webmaster at protonage dot net
Operating system: FreeBSD 4.10
PHP version:      5.0.1
PHP Bug Type:     Feature/Change Request
Bug description:  Request for new GMT timezone offset argument for the time() 
function

Description:
------------
This is just a simple request for a feature of the built in time() for PHP
or a new function completely.

I think a timezone offset argument for this function would be great. Let's
say I want to find the GMT -6 but my server is located in GMT -8, here is
an example pice of what the function should automaticly do: (see attached
code)

The function simply returns a timestamp of the offset provided in the
argument, would be nice to have such an argument exist in the time()
function, or a whole new function if adding an argument to time() isn't
possiable.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
class MyTimeZone {
   const TIMEZONE_SERVER_OFFSET = -5; // your server's offset from GMT 0
   public function timeOffset($offset = null)
   {
       if (is_int($offset)) {
           $local_offset = $offset - self::TIMEZONE_SERVER_OFFSET;
           return time() + 3600 * $local_offset;
       }
       return time();
   }
}
// Current time in my server's location is 1:07 pm GMT -5
$time = new MyTimeZone();
echo date('h:i:s a', $time->timeOffset(-8)); // finds GMT -8
// The result would look something like this:
// 10:07:42 am
?>


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Not developer issue:         http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=support
Expected behavior:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=notwrong
Not enough info:             
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Submitted twice:             
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register_globals:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued:  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=php3
Daylight Savings:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=dst
IIS Stability:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=float
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MySQL Configuration Error:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=31337&r=mysqlcfg

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