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Bug #66187 DateTime->add() incorrect on BST boundry
Submitted: 2013-11-27 23:01 UTC Modified: 2017-03-30 08:01 UTC
From: andrewpate08 at hotmail dot com Assigned: derick (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 5.4.23 OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2013-11-27 23:01 UTC] andrewpate08 at hotmail dot com
Description:
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British summertime does not actually end until....
27-10-2013 01:59:59+01:00  (BST)
at which point, one second later it kicks back to GMT...
27-10-2013 01:00:00+00:00 (GMT)

It seems calculations involving DateTime->add() and the 'Europe/London' DateTimeZone crossing the END of British summertime (BST) gives an incorrect result. 

On the day British summertime ends it is not until 2:00AM (BST) which is 1:00AM (GMT) that clocks switch from BST to GMT (i.e. go back from 2:00 to 1:00) 

Test script:
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<?php
$start = new DateTime("2013-10-27 00:55:00", new DateTimeZone('Europe/London'));
$step = DateInterval::createFromDateString("600 seconds");
echo "start = " . $start->format('d-m-Y H:i:sP') . "<br />";
$start->add($step);
echo "start = " . $start->format('d-m-Y H:i:sP') . "<br />";
?>


Expected result:
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start = 27-10-2013 00:55:00+01:00
start = 27-10-2013 01:05:00+00:00


Actual result:
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start = 27-10-2013 00:55:00+01:00
start = 27-10-2013 01:05:00+01:00

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 [2013-11-29 22:23 UTC] bwoebi@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Assigned -Operating System: Linux/Windows XP +Operating System: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: derick
 [2013-11-29 22:23 UTC] bwoebi@php.net
http://3v4l.org/7DUjs#v530

There's effectively something wrong: 1 hour 10 mins added in code, but
from 27-10-2013 00:55:00+01:00
to 27-10-2013 02:05:00+00:00
2 hours 10 mins are added (=> timezone change is not included)
 [2013-12-23 11:12 UTC] andrewpate08 at hotmail dot com
A workround is to switch to UTC to do the arithmetic, something like...

$originalTimezone = $targetDateTime -> getTimezone();
$targetDateTime -> setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$targetDateTime -> add($durationAsDateInterval); //add
$targetDateTime -> setTimezone($originalTimezone);
 [2017-03-19 11:16 UTC] heiglandreas@php.net
We're now tracking this in https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74274
 [2017-03-29 20:31 UTC] php-bugs at allenjb dot me dot uk
This issue appears to be fixed as of 5.4.24 / 5.5.8: https://3v4l.org/Q1GCb
 [2017-03-30 08:01 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed -PHP Version: Irrelevant +PHP Version: 5.4.23
 [2017-03-30 08:01 UTC] requinix@php.net
Indeed, looks like it was fixed in 2013 during
  https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/582f6e529e843b412d582023bf0270e47b1aa468

Note that the Oct 2013 DST transition was at 2am local time (1am UTC and /London was in UTC+1) so the original test script is inaccurate; @bwoebi's version repros the bug.
 
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