rfc:date.timezone_warning_removal

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rfc:date.timezone_warning_removal [2015/01/27 00:28] – Spaces… bwoebirfc:date.timezone_warning_removal [2015/01/27 14:39] – bwoebi
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   * Date: 2015-01-27   * Date: 2015-01-27
   * Author: Bob Weinand, bobwei9@hotmail.com   * Author: Bob Weinand, bobwei9@hotmail.com
-  * Status: Draft +  * Status: Under Discussion 
-  * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/date.timezone_warning_removal+  * First Published at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/date.timezone_warning_removal
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
-Each time we use date() or generally functions which make use of the date.timezone ini setting, we get a warning. Even when only just trying to try something small with PHP cli involving dates, especially without a default php.ini installed, we can't just get nice output without an annoying warning.+Each time we use date() or generally functions which make use of the date.timezone ini setting, we get a warning. Even when only just trying to try something small with PHP cli involving dates, especially without a default php.ini installed, we can't just get nice output without an annoying warning. Sure, there exists "-ddate.timezone=UTC", but you usually forget to explicitly specify it and then are annoyed about it. 
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 +Generally warning should be there to guide the user when developing. Just like superfluous warnings confuse him.
  
 Thus, I'd like to remove this warning in favor of a better user experience. Thus, I'd like to remove this warning in favor of a better user experience.
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 ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) ===== ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) =====
-Targeting the next minor version.+Targeting the next minor version. (In this case PHP 7, being a major too.)
  
 ===== Unaffected PHP Functionality ===== ===== Unaffected PHP Functionality =====
-If the date.timezone ini setting isn't empty and invalid, a warning is still thrown. +If the date.timezone ini setting is set but invalid, a warning is still thrown.
 The default is and remains UTC. The default is and remains UTC.
  
 ===== Proposed Voting Choices ===== ===== Proposed Voting Choices =====
-Remove this warning:+Remove this warning (50%+1 vote):
   * Yes   * Yes
   * No   * No
rfc/date.timezone_warning_removal.txt · Last modified: 2017/09/22 13:28 by 127.0.0.1

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