[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17840: Fatal Error on General Settings when Timezone string is invalid.

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#17840: Fatal Error on General Settings when Timezone string is invalid.
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 Reporter:  westi         |      Owner:  westi
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  high          |  Milestone:  3.2
Component:  Date/Time     |    Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 If an enterprising user manages to get an invalid value in this option the
 General Settings page is completely broken:

 {{{
 [19-Jun-2011 08:03:27] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught exception 'Exception'
 with message 'DateTimeZone::__construct() [<a href='datetimezone.--
 construct'>datetimezone.--construct</a>]: Unknown or bad timezone
 (Garbage)' in .../wp-admin/options-general.php:187Stack trace:
 #0 .../wp-admin/options-general.php(187):
 DateTimeZone->__construct('Garbage')#1 {main}
   thrown in .../wp-admin/options-general.php on line 187
 }}}

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