Posted by ZeldorBlat on 05/02/07 13:29

On May 2, 9:26 am, ZeldorBlat <zeldorb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 2, 3:03 am, FFMG <FFMG.2py...@no-mx.httppoint.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > My timezone is GMT +2
> > So when I do a
> > $date = getdate( 0 );
>
> > I get:
>
> > $date =
> > {
> > ['seconds'] (integer) = 0
> > ['minutes'] (integer) = 0
> > ['hours'] (integer) = 2 //<-- Hour is not 0 but +2
> > ['mday'] (integer) = 1
> > ['wday'] (integer) = 4
> > ['mon'] (integer) = 1
> > ['year'] (integer) = 1970
> > ['yday'] (integer) = 0
> > ['weekday'] (string) = "Thursday"
> > ['month'] (string) = "January"
> > ['0'] (integer) = 0
>
> > }
>
> > I cannot do:
> > $date = getdate( 0 - (2*3600) );
> > as negative numbers are not accepted, (on the window server).
>
> > So how can I do getdate( 0 ) and return the value without it been
> > converted by the server TZ.
> > Using setlocal(...) is also a bit of a Hacky kind of way of doing
> > things.
>
> > FFMG
>
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> Timestamps don't have a time zone -- they're always in GMT. So, when
> you say a timestamp of zero, that's Jan 1, 1970 0:00 GMT -- which,
> because your GMT offset is +2, is really Jan 1, 1970 02:00 in your
> timezone.
>
> What is it that you're trying to accomplish? Do you want the
> timestamp for midnight on Jan 1, 1970 in /your/ timezone? Try this:
>
> strtotime('Jan 1 2007');

Ooops -- should have been:

strtotime('Jan 1 1970');

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