mktime()

[Anon]

I have a real simple question on the mktime function. How does the mktime interpret a '0' as a parameter? I am assuming that it is synomous with the default. Per the documentation

Arguments may be left out in order from right to left; any arguments thus omitted will be set to the current value according to the local date and time.

My problem is that mktime is returning a puzzeling value. For example:

mktime(5,0,0,5,5,2002) is returning 1020596422. Shouldn't it be 1020596400 for GMT? I think I am going crazy.

[Anon]

Well, mktime(5,0,0,5,5,2002) is
05:00am, 5 May 2002. How would you specify 0 otherwise?

If you want GMT, use gmmktime. Otherwise your system's timezone is used.

But there is something wrong: mktime(5,0,0,5,5,2002) shouldn't be returning 1020596422 - that's 11:00:22am, 5 May 2002. Where's the twenty-two seconds coming from?

[Anon]

Thats what I want to know.