Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62211&edit=1
ID: 62211 Updated by: ras...@php.net Reported by: alix dot axel at gmail dot com Summary: Weekdays with strtotime -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Please use a current version of PHP. 5.2.5 is from 2007. This is the output I get: string(10) "5.3.15-dev" string(21) "2012-05-31 (Thursday)" string(21) "2012-06-07 (Thursday)" string(19) "2012-06-11 (Monday)" string(20) "2012-06-12 (Tuesday)" string(22) "2012-06-13 (Wednesday)" string(19) "2012-06-01 (Friday)" string(19) "2012-06-08 (Friday)" string(20) "2012-06-12 (Tuesday)" string(22) "2012-06-13 (Wednesday)" string(21) "2012-06-14 (Thursday)" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-06-02 01:55:30] alix dot axel at gmail dot com Description: ------------ When using the relative "weekday[s]" string with strtotime() it returns inconsistent results, sometimes the date is the correct one, but some other times it's wrong (it even returns weekend days). http://codepad.org/2wYfJltN http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10857762/php-time-periods-without-weekends Test script: --------------- <?php var_dump(PHP_VERSION); $date = strtotime('2012-05-30'); // Wednesday var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+1 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+6 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+8 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+9 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+10 weekdays', $date))); $date = strtotime('2012-05-31'); // Friday var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+1 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+6 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+8 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+9 weekdays', $date))); var_dump(date('Y-m-d (l)', strtotime('+10 weekdays', $date))); Expected result: ---------------- string(5) "5.2.5" string(21) "2012-05-31 (Thursday)" string(21) "2012-06-07 (Thursday)" string(21) "2012-06-11 (Monday)" string(19) "2012-06-12 (Tuesday)" string(22) "2012-06-13 (Wednesday)" string(19) "2012-06-01 (Friday)" string(19) "2012-06-08 (Friday)" string(19) "2012-06-12 (Tuesday)" string(19) "2012-06-13 (Wednesday)" string(21) "2012-06-14 (Thursday)" Actual result: -------------- string(5) "5.2.5" string(21) "2012-05-31 (Thursday)" string(21) "2012-06-07 (Thursday)" string(21) "2012-06-09 (Saturday)" string(19) "2012-06-10 (Sunday)" string(22) "2012-06-13 (Wednesday)" string(19) "2012-06-01 (Friday)" string(19) "2012-06-08 (Friday)" string(19) "2012-06-10 (Sunday)" string(19) "2012-06-11 (Monday)" string(21) "2012-06-14 (Thursday)" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62211&edit=1