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Doc Bug #45343 time() description is incredibly confusing.
Submitted: 2008-06-24 01:26 UTC Modified: 2008-06-24 06:42 UTC
From: jabbsjabbsjabbs at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
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 [2008-06-24 01:26 UTC] jabbsjabbsjabbs at hotmail dot com 
Description:
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Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

Since the Epoch is defined as a specific time and timezone, such a value as described is the same everywhere in the world, yet time() returns the local time. i.e. the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 XXX where XXX is your current timezone.

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 [2008-06-24 06:42 UTC] derick@php.net 
No, that's not true. The epoch is really defined as January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT and is *not* effected by the current locale timezone. The same epoch second is the same everywhere in the world, although the *local* time differs.
 
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