From: bens at benjamindsmith dot com
Operating system: 2.4.x Linux, Windows
PHP version: 4.3.2
PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem
Bug description: strtotime can't handle dates before 1970, and the documentation
doesn't say it.
Description:
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No matter what I do, strtotime can't seem to handle dates prior to 1970.
The answer returned is always -1.
The manual doesn't indicate this fact.
Reproduce code:
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echo phpversion();
echo "\n------------------\n";
$time1="1/1/1970";
$time2="31-dec-1969";
$time3="31-dec-1949";
echo strtotime($time1);
echo "\n";
echo strtotime($time2);
echo "\n";
echo strtotime($time3);
echo "\n";
Expected result:
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4.3.2
-----------------
28800
-{some integer other than 1}
-{some bigger integer other than 1}
Actual result:
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4.3.2
------------------
28800
-1
-1
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