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Bug #77885 DateTime function is taking timezone in consideration and always considering se
Submitted: 2019-04-12 20:01 UTC Modified: 2019-04-12 20:40 UTC
From: vinodh dot basavani at darwinbox dot io Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PHP options/info functions
PHP Version: 7.1.28 OS: Debian GNU/Linux 9.8 (stretch)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2019-04-12 20:01 UTC] vinodh dot basavani at darwinbox dot io 
Description:
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<?php


$dt = new DateTime("1970-01-01 ".date("H:i:s"));
$dt->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
echo $dt->format('r');
echo "\n";
$seconds = (int)$dt->getTimestamp();
echo date("H:i:s",$seconds);
echo "\n";

?>

even if i am setting the timezone to UTC, it is taking only the server time.

Expected result:
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It should take the UTC time zone.

Actual result:
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It should take the UTC time zone.

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 [2019-04-12 20:24 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2019-04-12 20:24 UTC] requinix@php.net 
That is not how timezones and Unix timestamps work.

You created a date and time according to the server timezone. Changing the timezone from there only affects the string representation of it - the timestamp is the same. Getting that timestamp and formatting it according to the server timezone will get you right back to where you started.
 [2019-04-12 20:30 UTC] vinodh dot basavani at darwinbox dot io 
$dt = new DateTime("1970-01-01 ".date("H:i:s"), new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
        $seconds = (int)$dt->getTimestamp();
        echo date("H:i:s",$seconds);

This snippet works fine in earlier versions of php i.e it is not taking the server time zone. but when i updated to the specified version.
it is always taking the server time and ignoring the timezone specified.
 [2019-04-12 20:32 UTC] requinix@php.net 
You know the default timezone in PHP is UTC, right?
 [2019-04-12 20:33 UTC] vinodh dot basavani at darwinbox dot io 
No..its in IST time zone.
 [2019-04-12 20:34 UTC] requinix@php.net 
What does date_default_timezone_get() return?
 [2019-04-12 20:39 UTC] vinodh dot basavani at darwinbox dot io 
<?php

echo date_default_timezone_get();
?>


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 [2019-04-12 20:40 UTC] requinix@php.net 
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