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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] timezones & date() breakage
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Stanislav Malyshev wrote:

> LC>>There is absolutely no reason that date() should supply anything other 
> LC>>than the current UTC time. It is the only thing that is actually 
> LC>>RIGHT!
> 
> Sure there is. If you want to display what time is it now, you don't need 
> UTC. Do you have your watch in UTC and your wall clock in your home in 
> UTC? 

ACTUALLY - all the server clocks are set to GMT - that way I know who 
ever enters data, the timestamp is always correct, what ever their local 
time ;)

-- 
Lester Caine
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L.S.Caine Electronic Services
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