#40645 [NEW]: strtotime don't work with negative timestamps

[simone at ivg dot it]

From: simone at ivg dot it
Operating system: Linux 2.6
PHP version: 4.4.5
PHP Bug Type: Date/time related
Bug description: strtotime don't work with negative timestamps

Description:
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The strtotime() function returns -1 if the date is prior to 1970-01-01.
Instead, date function works properly with negative timestamps.


Reproduce code:
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strtotime("1951-12-22") returns -1
date("d/m/Y",-578944001) returns 28/08/1951



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[derick@php.net]

ID: 40645
Updated by: [email]derick@php.net[/email]
Reported By: simone at ivg dot it
-Status: Open
+Status: Feedback
Bug Type: Date/time related
Operating System: Linux 2.6
PHP Version: 4.4.5
New Comment:

This works fine for me with PHP 4.4.6RC2-dev:

<?php
echo strtotime("1951-12-22"), "\n";
?>

-568947600



Previous Comments:
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[2007-02-26 17:55:41] simone at ivg dot it

Description:
------------
The strtotime() function returns -1 if the date is prior to
1970-01-01.
Instead, date function works properly with negative timestamps.


Reproduce code:
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strtotime("1951-12-22") returns -1
date("d/m/Y",-578944001) returns 28/08/1951




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[simone at ivg dot it]

ID: 40645
User updated by: simone at ivg dot it
Reported By: simone at ivg dot it
-Status: Feedback
+Status: Closed
Bug Type: Date/time related
Operating System: Linux 2.6
PHP Version: 4.4.5
New Comment:

This isn't a PHP bug, but a GNU libc issue.
Here I've found a C code to test if my libc has the problem:
[url]http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196177[/url]

Thanks.


Previous Comments:
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[2007-02-26 18:01:02] [email]derick@php.net[/email]

This works fine for me with PHP 4.4.6RC2-dev:

<?php
echo strtotime("1951-12-22"), "\n";
?>

-568947600


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[2007-02-26 17:55:41] simone at ivg dot it

Description:
------------
The strtotime() function returns -1 if the date is prior to
1970-01-01.
Instead, date function works properly with negative timestamps.


Reproduce code:
---------------
strtotime("1951-12-22") returns -1
date("d/m/Y",-578944001) returns 28/08/1951




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[tony2001@php.net]

ID: 40645
Updated by: [email]tony2001@php.net[/email]
Reported By: simone at ivg dot it
-Status: Closed
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Date/time related
Operating System: Linux 2.6
PHP Version: 4.4.5


Previous Comments:
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[2007-02-27 14:27:30] simone at ivg dot it

This isn't a PHP bug, but a GNU libc issue.
Here I've found a C code to test if my libc has the problem:
[url]http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196177[/url]

Thanks.

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[2007-02-26 18:01:02] [email]derick@php.net[/email]

This works fine for me with PHP 4.4.6RC2-dev:

<?php
echo strtotime("1951-12-22"), "\n";
?>

-568947600


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[2007-02-26 17:55:41] simone at ivg dot it

Description:
------------
The strtotime() function returns -1 if the date is prior to
1970-01-01.
Instead, date function works properly with negative timestamps.


Reproduce code:
---------------
strtotime("1951-12-22") returns -1
date("d/m/Y",-578944001) returns 28/08/1951




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