[TYPO3-core] RFC #11587: PHP Warnings concerning missing timezone settings under PHP 5.3

[Rupert Germann]

hi Dan,

Dan Osipov schrieb:
> I am actually pro-warning, making the administrator set the timezone in 
> php.ini, instead of another setting in TYPO3.

that would only fit for those installations where the admin has write 
access to php.ini/.htaccess and where all TYPO3 installations are 
configured to run in the same timezone.
Having it configurable per installation is a must have in my eyes.

greets
rupert



> My 2 cents...
> 
> Dan Osipov
> Calkins Media
> http://danosipov.com/blog/
> 
> Rupert Germann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> this is a SVN patch request.
>>
>> Type: Bugfix
>>
>> Bugtracker references:
>> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11587
>>
>> Branches: Trunk
>>
>> Problem:
>> On systems running PHP 5.3 with a php.ini that does not contain a 
>> value for "date.timezone" the following warning is displayed in the 
>> Backend (e.g. in the list module): Warning: date() [function.date]: It 
>> is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are 
>> *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the 
>> date_default_timezone_set() function.....
>>
>>
>> Solution:
>> add a new conf vars parameter "phpDateTimeZone" which allows admins to 
>> set the timezone (default is "CET"). This is the same as 
>> "serverTimeZone" which is also set to CET (GMT+1) by default.
>>
>>
>> greets
>> rupert
>>