Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status:
Open
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
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Fix Version/s: 2.1.5
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Component/s: Libraries
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Labels:None
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Affected Branches:MOODLE_15_STABLE, MOODLE_16_STABLE, MOODLE_17_STABLE, MOODLE_18_STABLE
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Fixed Branches:MOODLE_21_STABLE
Description
We have custom timezone handling code in Moodle versions 1.5 to 1.7. This was put in place to work around
- A long-standing bug in PHP on Windows 95/98/Me where TZ info was missing and the TZ calls did not return an error. This was considered a critical problem. This bug did not apply to WindowsNT/2000 AFAIK.
- Possibly outdated TZ info in all platforms. This is a minor issue.
This naturally affected all PHP-based projects. From PHP5 onwards, PECL's timezonedb (see http://php.net/manual/en/ref.datetime.php ) addresses both problems.
Moodle 1.8 is expected to require PHP5 so we can drop this nasty kludge.
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Martín Langhoff
added a comment -
Hmmm. Well, whenever PHP5 is required - 
Do we have a 'switch to PHP5' meta-bug to link this against? Might be a good idea to have one... there will be things to do for it to happen, and things waiting on it.
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Martín Langhoff
added a comment - Hmmm. Well, whenever PHP5 is required -
Do we have a 'switch to PHP5' meta-bug to link this against? Might be a good idea to have one... there will be things to do for it to happen, and things waiting on it.
Do we have a 'switch to PHP5' meta-bug to link this against? Might be a good idea to have one... there will be things to do for it to happen, and things waiting on it. 
I am afraid we will have to support PHP4 in 1.8, if I remember it correctly MD said that about a month ago