[php-maint] Bug#532104: libapache2-mod-php5: date_default_timezone_set("America") returns true

[Alan James]

Package: libapache2-mod-php5
Version: 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3
Severity: important


date_default_timezone_set() should return false if given an invalid time zone, however some invalid 
strings are accepted. 

eg:
var_export(date_default_timezone_set('America')) => true
var_export(date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles')) => true
var_export(date_default_timezone_set('Europe/')) => true
var_export(date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London')) => true

expected result => false, true, false, true.

After accepting an invalid time zone date functions will return the fatal error "Timezone database is 
corrupt".

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libapache2-mod-php5 depends on:
ii  apache2-mpm-pre 2.2.9-10+lenny2          Apache HTTP Server - traditional n
ii  apache2.2-commo 2.2.9-10+lenny2          Apache HTTP Server common files
ii  libbz2-1.0      1.0.5-1                  high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6           2.7-18                   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2      1.41.3-1                 common error description library
ii  libdb4.6        4.6.21-11                Berkeley v4.6 Database Libraries [
ii  libkrb53        1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-5lenny1 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libmagic1       4.26-1                   File type determination library us
ii  libpcre3        7.6-2.1                  Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii  libssl0.9.8     0.9.8g-15+lenny1         SSL shared libraries
ii  libxml2         2.6.32.dfsg-5            GNOME XML library
ii  mime-support    3.44-1                   MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  php5-common     5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3    Common files for packages built fr
ii  tzdata          2008h-2                  time zone and daylight-saving time
ii  ucf             3.0016                   Update Configuration File: preserv
ii  zlib1g          1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12        compression library - runtime

libapache2-mod-php5 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libapache2-mod-php5 suggests:
pn  php-pear                      <none>     (no description available)

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