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Doc Bug #47807 dateTime::setTimezone doc inconsistency
Submitted: 2009-03-27 14:05 UTC Modified: 2009-03-27 16:13 UTC
From: jking at jkingweb dot ca Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Debian
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-03-27 14:05 UTC] jking at jkingweb dot ca 
Description:
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Either the manual is incorrect or there is a bug in PHP 5.2.9: While the manual states that DateTime::setTimezone returns a new (modified) DateTime instance, DateTime::setTimezone actually modifies its DateTime instance and returns NULL.  Examples in the manul page would suggest PHP 5.2.9 is working correctly and the manual is wrong.

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From manual page: datetime.settimezone
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 [2009-03-27 16:11 UTC] bjori@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.

As of PHP5.3.0 it returns the DateTime object ("fluent interface").
 [2009-03-27 16:13 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Looks like more of the methods are missing similar changelogs.. I'll fix them too.
 
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