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Request #44726 date_timezone_set function feature request
Submitted: 2008-04-14 19:40 UTC Modified: 2008-04-15 00:15 UTC
From: danik at mit dot edu Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.2CVS-2008-04-14 (snap) OS: centos4
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 [2008-04-14 19:40 UTC] danik at mit dot edu
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Dear Derick and Date Developers,

First of all, thank you adding timezone and dst support to PHP.  I'm so glad that I don't have to write this class myself and deal with maintaining the backend.

I would like to request automatic dst handling for the DateTime object.

Currently, there is no automatic way to apply a timezone dst offset to the DateTime object.  I'm in the process of writing code that iterates through the timezone transitions array, similar to the sample code from your 2007 talk.

I would love to refactor my code to use a call like this:

void date_timezone_set( 
    DateTime $object,
    DateTimeZone $timezone,
    [, int $apply_dst_offset]
)

Similarly, the date_create function could also take the same optional argument.

Please let me know if this realistic.

Thank you for your time,
Dan


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 [2008-04-15 00:15 UTC] scottmac@php.net
DST is automatically taken into account by the date functions, that's why you define the location and not just a particular offset.
 
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