Why is getdate(0) returning 1 as the hour?

I'm using the getdate function, and I'm i开发者_如何学JAVAntending to use it to parse a time interval, in seconds, into days, minutes, hours, etc. However, I'm surprised that getdate(0)['hours'] is 1. What's going on here?

FWIW, the complete output I get is:

Array
(
    [seconds] => 0
    [minutes] => 0
    [hours] => 1
    [mday] => 1
    [wday] => 4
    [mon] => 1
    [year] => 1970
    [yday] => 0
    [weekday] => Thursday
    [month] => January
    [0] => 0
)

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January 1, 1970, 00:00 GMT was 01:00 in BST (British Standard Time). Your server presumably has that time zone set.

See this Wolfram Alpha query.

Use date_default_timezone_set() to change the time zone, or use the new DateTime class that is completely timezone aware.

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My guess would be that you are living in the UK.

PHP is configured to use the local timezone of your country. This results in a time of 1:00: GMT + 1 hour for the Daylight Savings.

There are 2 possible solutions:

• Substract one hour from the timestamp you're using
• Configure your script to use GMT. Use the function @pekka mentioned to do this.

I suggest the first solution; your script might need to pretty print individual times, along with the intervals, which you want to have converted to your local timezone.