User:Dalka reports:
In Russia TZ were changed yesterday. Now if using HHVM, I see incorrectly converted times :( For example: Moscow should be +3:00, but I see +4:00.
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Time).
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T74556 HHVM: not respecting time zone | |||
| Resolved | Joe | T84853 Build a new HHVM package | |||
| Resolved | Joe | T85812 Deploy hhvm 3.3.1+dfsg1-1+wm2 to the production cluster |
(It should be noted that the Time offset in Preferences should probably be fixed anyway, since it says +4? )
HHVM imports Derick Rethans' timelib from PHP into third-party/timelib, which includes its own bundled timezone DB. This is obviously inconvenient when countries such as Russia announce timezone changes a short time before they take effect. The Debian PHP package has a ~650 line patch to cause PHP to use the system tzdata instead. HHVM apparently has no equivalent.
I have rebuilt our HHVM package adding Tim's patch, and I am installing it on beta now. It should fix this.