Memcache Session Handler does not initialize user timezone [#1785744]

In Drupal 7 (but not in Drupal 6), drupal_initialize_session() is responsible for setting the current timezone. It seemed a bit odd to me, but it does make sense that you'd want to set the page timezone as soon as possible in the request. Considering drupal_session_initialize() is the first time the user's data become available, that's the very first place where the timezone may be set.

For reference, this was added in Drupal 7 core in #348448-113: Always report E_STRICT errors and may be seen in the current DB session handler: http://api.drupal.org/drupal_session_initialize

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	memcache-session-timezone-1785744-2.patch	607 bytes	markpavlitski
	memcache_session_timezone.patch	384 bytes	quicksketch

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quicksketch

he/him

CreditAttribution: quicksketch commented 15 September 2012 at 22:02

The demonstrable problem is easily seen by enabling the memcache session handler, then all dates on all nodes will appear to use the site-wide timezone instead of the one in the user profile. So basically if you use the memcache session handler all timezones are incorrect for users.