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Bug #80963 DateTimeZone::getTransitions() truncated
Submitted: 2021-04-17 15:16 UTC Modified: 2021-09-22 15:07 UTC
From: thekid@php.net Assigned: derick (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: master-Git-2021-04-17 (Git) OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2021-04-17 15:16 UTC] thekid@php.net 
Description:
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DateTimeZone::getTransitions() changed between PHP 8.0.3 and current PHP 8.1.0-dev. Most probably related to https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/091c0920b9db057a54dc43ece6e864bce6818d5e

Test script:
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php -r '$tz= new DateTimeZone("Europe/London"); $t= $tz->getTransitions(); var_dump(sizeof($t), end($t));'

Expected result:
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int(243)
array(5) {
  ["ts"]=>
  int(2140045200)
  ["time"]=>
  string(24) "2037-10-25T01:00:00+0000"
  ["offset"]=>
  int(0)
  ["isdst"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["abbr"]=>
  string(3) "GMT"
}

Actual result:
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int(160)
array(5) {
  ["ts"]=>
  int(828234000)
  ["time"]=>
  string(24) "1996-03-31T01:00:00+0000"
  ["offset"]=>
  int(3600)
  ["isdst"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["abbr"]=>
  string(3) "BST"
}

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 [2021-04-17 15:45 UTC] thekid@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: derick
 [2021-04-17 15:45 UTC] thekid@php.net 
For Europe/Berlin and Europe/London, the array returned "stops" at 1996
For America/New_York, the latest transition returned is from 2007

# PHP 8.1-dev
$ php -r '$tz= new DateTimeZone("America/New_York"); $t= $tz->getTransitions(); var_dump($t);' | grep 'string(24)' | sort -r | head -5
    string(24) "2007-03-11T07:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2006-10-29T06:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2006-04-02T07:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2005-10-30T06:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2005-04-03T07:00:00+0000"

# PHP 8.0.3
$ php -r '$tz= new DateTimeZone("America/New_York"); $t= $tz->getTransitions(); var_dump($t);' | grep 'string(24)' | sort -r | head -5
    string(24) "2037-11-01T06:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2037-03-08T07:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2036-11-02T06:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2036-03-09T07:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2035-11-04T06:00:00+0000"
 [2021-04-17 15:54 UTC] thekid@php.net 
When given min and max timestamps, we simply get the passed-in timestamp back in UTC

# PHP 8.1-dev
php-r '$tz= new DateTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles"); $t= $tz->getTransitions(time(), time() + 31536000); var_dump($t);' | grep 'string(24)'
    string(24) "2021-04-17T15:50:22+0000"

# PHP 8.0.3
php-r '$tz= new DateTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles"); $t= $tz->getTransitions(time(), time() + 31536000); var_dump($t);' | grep 'string(24)'
    string(24) "2021-04-17T15:52:43+0000"
    string(24) "2021-11-07T09:00:00+0000"
    string(24) "2022-03-13T10:00:00+0000"
 [2021-04-18 13:52 UTC] derick@php.net 
This is a tricky one. The data format that the library uses has changed, and will now only contain a list of transitions up until the last time the *rules* changed.

For America/New_York, that was in 2007, and Europe/London, in 1996. Beyond that, the timelib library now can calculate the offset for a specific timestamp: https://github.com/derickr/timelib/blob/master/parse_tz.c#L777 and also from this new POSIX  string format through https://github.com/derickr/timelib/blob/master/parse_posix.c — What is no longer available is a list with ever single utc-offset change, which is what powered this getTransitions function.
 [2021-08-08 16:27 UTC] git@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of derickr
Revision: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/d9c8e5a42e2f593319ce7b682d43f1f6eb42512e
Log: Fixed bug #80963: DateTimeZone::getTransitions() truncated
 [2021-08-08 16:27 UTC] git@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2021-08-08 16:28 UTC] derick@php.net
-Status: Closed +Status: Assigned
 [2021-08-08 16:28 UTC] derick@php.net 
The fix for this bug has been committed.
If you are still experiencing this bug, try to check out latest source from https://github.com/php/php-src and re-test.
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.

Fixed for 8.1.0beta3.
 [2021-09-22 09:46 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2021-09-22 09:46 UTC] cmb@php.net 
> The fix for this bug has been committed.

So this ticket can be closed.
 [2021-09-22 15:07 UTC] thekid@php.net 
Sorry for the missing feedback - I retested this and verified it works again as expected, see https://github.com/xp-framework/core/issues/268. Thanks Derick!
 [2021-11-12 15:46 UTC] antonino dot spampinato86 at gmail dot com 
Related To: Bug #81565
 [2021-11-26 14:23 UTC] antonino dot spampinato86 at gmail dot com 
Related To: Bug #81660
 
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