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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Timezone stuff - conclusion
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Zeev Suraski wrote:

>> If the TZ detection works reliable, I don't see any reason to revert or
>> postpone Dericks work, the timezone handling of his implementation is so
>> much better than the old one, it's really worth the upgrade for everyone
>> having to deal with different timezones.
> 
> Ok, maybe I missed it in the lengthy thread.
> 
> Contrary to what Derick may have thought from my response, I wasn't 
> trying to reopen the discussion, just to make sure it doesn't linger to 
> death.

I think that the only thing that is missing is that there is no way of 
identifying the CLIENT time/daylight zone so we have to get users to 
register their current location in order to use it on anything other 
than a local server :(

Of cause the main problem is that if we use it then applications will be 
totally tied to a version of PHP which has yet to actually be accepted 
by ISP! I think THAT was the main reason for wanting a plug in module 
that could be back ported?

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Lester Caine
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L.S.Caine Electronic Services
Treasurer - Firebird Foundation Inc.