Codeception datetime error

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I'm trying to learn Codeception and am using it with Yii (which i'm also new to).

Straight out of the box, i'm having some issues with running the tests. I've walked through the quickstart guide and when I run it through terminal, I get this error:

Codeception PHP Testing Framework v1.6.6
Powered by PHPUnit 3.7.24 by Sebastian Bergmann.

  [Exception]                                                                                                                                         
  DateTime::__construct(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date  
  _default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the tim  
  ezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead

Now, I'm using MAMP, and have set the timezone in my php.ini file. I've also tried manually setting it in the index.php file with _default_timezone_set('America/Chicago'); and I still get the same message.

As I'm using Yii, I've tried enabling the Yii module for Codeception, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.

Update

I've tried installing codeception on a non-yii based project, so a straight forward website and I get the exact same error as above.

You could try the correct function: date_default_timezone_set (notice how the preceding line ends in your error message, probably due to terminal size). — kekkis
– kekkis, Commented Sep 13, 2013 at 19:44

evanmcd · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-13 20:37:34Z

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I had this same issue and found that setting the date.timezone setting in php.ini solved the problem.

Open php.ini (on Mac it's /private/etc/php.ini)
Search for 'timezone'. The first hit should be this setting
Uncomment the line ;date.timezone = (remove the ;)
Add your timezone as a string, e.g. "America/New_York", so the full line reads date.timezone = "America/New_York"
Save the file and restart your web server

The list of time zone options is here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

Hope that helps.

answered Sep 13, 2013 at 20:37

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TH1981 · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-18 02:59:42Z

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Although yes the problem is the php.ini file, ultimately, my issue was in using php straight out of the box on mac. Apparently, the default installation (in /usr/bin) is what's used from terminal, rather than the installation of PHP from mac. also, that default install doesn't have a php.ini file associated.

I found the following instruction from a forum for Yii, which was also playing up and turned out to be the same error:

A note on PHP and Mac OSX:
A version of PHP4 comes bundled on Mac OSX and is typically what is executed when you try the php command from the command line.  You need to have the php command execute a version of PHP5.x or higher.  Usually, you have already installed a version of PHP5.x or higher, but need to tell the php command to execute the newer version rather than the older one.  There are certainly many ways to achieve this, but here is one:
at any terminal prompt, type in:
prompt>which php
this should tell you where the OS is looking for the php command
mine tells me /usr/bin/php
if I navigate to /usr/bin and issue an ls *php* I will see three files
php
php-config
phpize
These are all for the bundled version PHP4.x
rename these files to use a 4 in their names, to remember these are the executables for PHP4
mv php php4
mv php-config php-config4
mv phpize phpize4
Then, create sym links for each of these these to point to the PHP5.x or higher version you have installed.  In my case these are located in /usr/local/apache/php/bin.  So I would issue from the /usr/bin directory
ln -s [absolute path to your php5.x] php
and similarly for the other files.

answered Sep 18, 2013 at 2:59

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David J Eddy Over a year ago

Recommendation: Don't use a dev ENV that is not the same as your production ENV. IE: Use a VM/vagrant/docker instance to contain your application. This keeps parity between your environments and prevents future issues of 'I dont know why it does not work in production, it works on machine.'

Kamil Budziewski · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-18 08:10:51Z

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set

use date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Istanbul');

in autoload.php

edited Sep 18, 2015 at 8:10

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