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Bug #76926 The date constant format is different. DATE_RFC1123　
Submitted: 2018-09-24 02:10 UTC Modified: 2018-11-18 22:37 UTC
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 [2018-09-24 02:10 UTC] no-reply at example dot com 
Description:
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DATE_RFC1123
The date constant format is different.


Reference material for RFC1123.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.globalization.datetimeformatinfo.rfc1123pattern?view=netframework-4.7.2



Test script:
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php -r "echo gmdate(DATE_RFC1123, gmmktime(0,0,0,1,1,2018));"

Expected result:
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Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT


Actual result:
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Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

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 [2018-09-24 02:29 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2018-09-24 02:29 UTC] requinix@php.net 
You know we aren't Microsoft, right?

The actual RFC 1123 says
> There is a strong trend towards the use of numeric timezone
> indicators, and implementations SHOULD use numeric timezones
> instead of timezone names.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123

And the standard there is basically just a slight adjustment to RFC 822's which describes the timezone as
> zone = ... / ( ("+" / "-") 4DIGIT ) ; Local differential hours+min. (HHMM)
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822

And the actual output from PHP matches what the documentation describes. So I don't know what bug you're reporting.

If anything it's .NET that's difficult because the format string clearly outputs "GMT" as the timezone, which is alluded to in the general date/time formatting docs:
> Although the RFC 1123 standard expresses a time as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the formatting operation
> does not modify the value of the DateTime object that is being formatted. Therefore, you must convert the
> DateTime value to UTC by calling the DateTime.ToUniversalTime method before you perform the formatting
> operation.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-date-and-time-format-strings#RFC1123
 [2018-09-26 01:02 UTC] no-reply at example dot com 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toUTCString

dateObj.toUTCString()
The most common return value was an RFC-1123 formatted date stamp
 [2018-09-26 01:15 UTC] no-reply at example dot com 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"></head>
<body><script>
alert('RFC-1123 formatted date stamp is ' + (new Date).toUTCString())
</script>
</html>
 [2018-09-26 01:16 UTC] requinix@php.net 
And?

Use your words. Full sentences.
 [2018-09-26 01:25 UTC] no-reply at example dot com 
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html#RFC_1123_DATE_TIME

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25658897/is-utc-a-valid-timezone-name-for-rfc-1123-specification
 [2018-09-26 01:28 UTC] requinix@php.net 
If you aren't comfortable writing English then use your native language. Either way, speak, don't link.
 [2018-11-18 22:37 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback
 [2018-11-18 22:37 UTC] cmb@php.net 
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