From:             tagadvance at gmail dot com
Operating system: Linux
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          Date/time related
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:DateTime::createFromFormat() incorrectly parses illogical dates

Description:
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>From manual page: http://www.php.net/datetime.createfromformat
---
The DateTime::createFromFormat() method incorrectly parses an illogical
date. I 
have tested this on version 5.3.3 (CentOS) and 5.4.6 (Ubuntu).

Test script:
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<?php

// November 16 falls on a Friday, NOT a Wednesday
$date = 'Wednesday 16 November 2012';
$format = 'l d M Y';

try {
        $dateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date);
        $formattedDateTime = $dateTime->format($format);
        echo $formattedDateTime . PHP_EOL; // prints "Wednesday 21 Nov 2012"
} catch (Exception $e) {
        // no exception is thrown =(
        echo $e->getMessage();
}

?>

Expected result:
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I expect the createFromFormat method to throw an error if the date is
illogical. 
At the very least a warning should be added to the log.

Actual result:
--------------
The createFromFormat parses the illogical date. The day seems to take
precedence 
over the date. I am just guessing here, but it then seems to round up by
one week 
so that the date makes sense.

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