Re: question about GMT and UTC

Marcus wrote:
Hello,

I need a timezone to store timestamps in that is independent of daylight saving. From everything I've read, it seems I want either GMT or UTC. The only problem is I can't figure out from any documentation I've read if there is any difference (practically speaking, not scientifically and taking into account the earth's orbit etc).

I can set my server timezone to GMT, but if I want UTC I will have to use putenv('TZ=UTC'). Could someone please confirm if they are in fact the same or if one is better, and if I am correct in stating that neither is affected by daylight saving? Lastly, if I set my server to GMT (or UTC for that matter), am I also correct in saying that in that case gmmktime() and gmdate() are the exact same as mktime() and date()? Thank you very much in advance for your help.

I should elaborate on my first point and ask additionally if a call to:

mktime(12, 0, 0, 5, 10, 2007);

for example, will always return the exact same timestamp in either GMT or UTC timezone and vice versa, i.e. 1 timestamp resulting in the exact same 12:00:00 readout via date() whether GMT or UTC. Thanks.
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