Posted by Steve on 03/22/07 14:14

"Adam" <anon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:a73503hnqjh4bno4b362cnnf8gpbo3fv3k@4ax.com...
| On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:46:59 +0000, Geoff Berrow wrote:
|
| >Message-ID: <bg1503p2n63lufgnaf9cpu9mr6pko0q1ob@4ax.com> from Adam
| >contained the following:
| >
| >>
| >>I need to be able to return the corresponding dates for Mondays - and
| >>have tried various functions, scripts with varying degrees of success.
| >>date('d-M-Y', strtotime('this monday'));
| >>
| >>... works, as does:
| >>
| >>date('d-M-Y', strtotime('last monday'));
| >>
| >>However, whilst this function works well most of the time, for some
| >>reason it pukes on Monday 19th March - and always returns 18th Mar
| >>(which is a Sunday!).
| >
| >Spring forward, fall back?
|
| Errmm ... you'll have to explain that one to me <!!!> I'm from the UK
| - now in NZ. Is that a US term for some sort of daylight saving thing?

it's a locale saying to help remember that when the time change occurs, we
know which direction to move the time...in the spring, move the time forward
one hour...in the fall, move it back one hour. hence, spring forward, fall
back.

it probably is related to this. however, i'd expect to see it be problematic
to more than just monday, 19 mar 2007. (and this year's time change was 11
mar).

btw, i never got why we continue to need/use dst. wasn't it originally an
agrarian function?

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