⚓ T380423 Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
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Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
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AS1100K
Authored By
Novem_Linguae
Nov 20 2024, 9:44 PM
2024-11-20 21:44:03 (UTC+0)
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MediaWiki-Configuration
(Backlog)
MW-1.44-notes (1.44.0-wmf.6; 2024-12-03)
MW-1.39-notes
MW-1.43-notes
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matmarex
Novem_Linguae
Description
Steps to replicate the issue
(include links if applicable):
Add
$wgLocaltimezone = 'America/New York';
to LocalSetting.php (note the space not underscore, this will trigger an error)
Load a page on your wiki
What happens?
Depending on your error reporting settings, either an error 500 with no information, or
Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: DateTimeZone::__construct(): Unknown or bad timezone (America/New York) in /var/www/html/w/includes/MainConfigSchema.php:5122 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/w/includes/MainConfigSchema.php(5122): DateTimeZone->__construct() #1 /var/www/html/w/includes/Settings/DynamicDefaultValues.php(92): MediaWiki\MainConfigSchema::getDefaultLocalTZoffset() #2 /var/www/html/w/includes/Settings/DynamicDefaultValues.php(37): MediaWiki\Settings\DynamicDefaultValues->computeDefaultFor() #3 /var/www/html/w/includes/Setup.php(259): MediaWiki\Settings\DynamicDefaultValues->applyDynamicDefaults() #4 /var/www/html/w/includes/WebStart.php(85): require_once('...') #5 /var/www/html/w/index.php(50): require('...') #6 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/w/includes/MainConfigSchema.php on line 5122
What should have happened instead?
Human readable message such as "Invalid timezone specified for $wgLocaltimezone. Please see the list of valid timezones at
. Please note that you should use underscores, not spaces."
Software version
(on
Special:Version
page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
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(browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
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Related Changes in Gerrit:
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Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
mediawiki/core
REL1_43
+14
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Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
mediawiki/core
REL1_39
+14
-1
Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
mediawiki/core
master
+14
-1
Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
mediawiki/core
master
+8
-1
Customize query in gerrit
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Novem_Linguae
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2024-11-20 21:44:03 (UTC+0)
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There doesn't appear to be a standard way to handle errors before the skin is loaded. Lots of variation.
Unformatted:
Bad extension:
Bad default skin:
matmarex
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Nov 21 2024, 12:00 AM
2024-11-21 00:00:02 (UTC+0)
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By the way, DiscussionTools also displays an error when $wgLocaltimezone is not set. It's not exactly standard either:
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Change #1093977 had a related patch set uploaded (by AS1100K; author: AS1100K):
[mediawiki/core@master] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
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Change #1094167 had a related patch set uploaded (by AS1100K; author: AS1100K):
[mediawiki/core@master] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
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Change #1093977
abandoned
by AS1100K:
[mediawiki/core@master] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
Reason:
A new patch is at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/1094167 I am new to gerrit and messed up with Change-Id. Sorry!
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Nov 27 2024, 12:38 AM
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Change #1094167
merged
by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
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Nov 28 2024, 2:44 PM
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Thanks for the patch
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Old:
New:
Still shows a stack trace, which may be a bit confusing to folks that don't know how to program. However it's an improvement since it now mentions $wgLocaltimezone, and links to the timezone allow list.
Func
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Jul 30 2025, 12:53 PM
2025-07-30 12:53:40 (UTC+0)
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This can also be a Debian 13 support issue, some MW installations may have had
$wgLocaltimezone
set to
deprecated values
like
PRC
by the installer or manually. After they upgrade to Debian 13, the
tzdata
package no longer provides these timezones, and the
tzdata-legacy
package is not to be installed by default.
So I think it would be nice to backport the patch to supported branches.
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Change #1174456 had a related patch set uploaded (by Func; author: AS1100K):
[mediawiki/core@REL1_43] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
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Jul 30 2025, 1:02 PM
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Change #1174458 had a related patch set uploaded (by Func; author: AS1100K):
[mediawiki/core@REL1_39] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
gerritbot
added a comment.
Jul 30 2025, 3:45 PM
2025-07-30 15:45:23 (UTC+0)
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Change #1174458
merged
by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@REL1_39] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
gerritbot
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Jul 30 2025, 3:50 PM
2025-07-30 15:50:48 (UTC+0)
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Change #1174456
merged
by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@REL1_43] Show user a human readable message when $wgLocaltimezone is set to an invalid timezone
ReleaseTaggerBot
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