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Doc Bug #38304 minor typo: DST Should be Daylight Saving Time
Submitted: 2006-08-03 02:50 UTC Modified: 2006-08-11 17:30 UTC
From: rgagnon at networkip dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-08-03 02:50 UTC] rgagnon at networkip dot net 
Description:
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the documentation on for the date() function references "Daylights Savings Time" and "Daylight Savings Time" in different places.  

I know it's minor, but the correct term is "Daylight Saving Time" without a trailing "s" on any of the words.

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 [2006-08-03 08:41 UTC] RQuadling at GMail dot com 
Index: date.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /repository/phpdoc/en/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -r1.29 date.xml
--- date.xml    11 Jul 2006 07:05:04 -0000      1.29
+++ date.xml    3 Aug 2006 08:35:24 -0000
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
           </row>
           <row>
            <entry><literal>I</literal> (capital i)</entry>
-           <entry>Whether or not the date is in daylights savings time</entry>
+           <entry>Whether or not the date is in daylight savings time</entry>
            <entry><literal>1</literal> if Daylight Savings Time, <literal>0</literal> otherwise.</entry>
           </row>
           <row>

There are also 2 "daylights" in user notes for function.date and ref.datetime.

(I don't know how to edit usernotes).
 [2006-08-03 10:49 UTC] vrana@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 [2006-08-03 15:41 UTC] rgagnon at networkip dot net 
Fix posted corrected "Daylights" to "Daylight" but did not fix "Savings" to "Saving"

The correct term is "Daylight Saving Time"
 [2006-08-03 17:10 UTC] colder@php.net 
"Daylight savings time" seems to be correct too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_Savings_Time
 [2006-08-03 18:53 UTC] rgagnon at networkip dot net 
Yes they reference it as "sometimes referred to as", but who actually uses Wikipedia as a trusted source?

The majority of other government sponsored and educational references will note the word without the "s".
 [2006-08-11 17:30 UTC] nlopess@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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