#40952 [Fbk->Opn]: mail: Malformed date header (H0600)

ID: 40952 User updated by: sh at nnoncarey dot com Reported By: sh at nnoncarey dot com -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: Windows Server 2003 PHP Version: 4.4.6 New Comment: <? /* Smallest script to duplicate bug http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40952 */ ini_set('SMTP', 'mail.sys.ilstu.edu'); mail('scarey@mail.sys.ilstu.edu', 'subject', "message\n"); ?> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-04-03 18:38:51] tony2001@php.net Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we need a short but complete example script to be able to reproduce this bug ourselves. A proper reproducing script starts with <?php and ends with ?>, is max. 10-20 lines long and does not require any external resources such as databases, etc. If the script requires a database to demonstrate the issue, please make sure it creates all necessary tables, stored procedures etc. Please avoid embedding huge scripts into the report. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-03-29 20:14:46] sh at nnoncarey dot com Description: ------------ Email sent with PHP's mail() function often (but not always) has a malformed Date: header. Specifically, the minus sign before the UTC offset is replaced with a capital letter "H". In my timezone (US Central Standard -6), this means "H0600" instead of "-0600". The occurrence of this problem does not appear to be related to the recent US DST change. Here is a date header illustrating the problem, along with the X-OriginalArrivalTime header from the same email, just for comparison: Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:04:37 H0600 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Mar 2007 19:04:36.0042 (UTC) FILETIME=[ED52E2A0:01C7716B] But here is just one example which worked as expected. Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:54:42 -0600 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Feb 2007 13:54:30.0533 (UTC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40952&edit=1