ID: 45550
User updated by: jack+phpdotnet at smartertravelmedia dot com
-Summary: strtotime parses 0000-00-00 00:00:00 as valid date
Reported By: jack+phpdotnet at smartertravelmedia dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Date/time related
Operating System: RHEL 4/5
PHP Version: 5.2.6
New Comment:
updated subject to note that this is a backward-compatibility break.
Previous Comments:
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[2008-07-17 22:00:04] jack+phpdotnet at smartertravelmedia dot com
Description:
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MySQL uses '0000-00-00 00:00:00' as a default value for non-null
datetime fields. Until 5.2.6, strtotime correctly returned false (or -1
before 5.1) when passed this value - it's not a valid date/time.
5.2.6 returns '-62169966000' which is not useful.
Reproduce code:
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<?php echo (int)strtotime('0000-00-00 00:00:00');
Expected result:
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Should print 0.
Actual result:
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Actually prints -62169966000.
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