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[csnyder]

On 2/1/07, Peter Sawczynec <ps at sun-code.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'll say sorry in advance if this was already discussed, but...
>
> The govt changed daylight savings time so that DST starts
> on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007) instead
> of the first Sunday in April, and ends on the first Sunday in
> November (November 4) instead of the last Sunday of October.
>
> Any conversation/perspectives on how this will work out with
> PHP and date functions?
>

My guess, and it's just a guess, is that as updated timezone data
packages are rolled out to servers, any times that were stored as
integer timestamps are going to be an hour off during those periods.

Times stored as strings shouldn't be affected.

FWIW, I'm hearing from the admins at work that this is going to cause
major havoc on the desktop side, especially with Outlook events. I
keep waiting for this story to break on CNN because it seems to be
catching everyone by surprise, but I guess it won't be on the radar
until March.


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Chris Snyder
http://chxo.com/