#42698 [NEW]: date parsing in DateTime / date_parse - accept optioanl format

From: david at palepurple dot co dot uk Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.4 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: date parsing in DateTime / date_parse - accept optioanl format Description: ------------ The default set of date/times accepted by strtotime() is limited (e.g. in not understanding English/UK date formats (dd/mm/yyyy). It would be nice if the new DateTime object accepted a date() compatible format string to a 'date_parse' like method. (I like the DateTime object, as it seems to handle a larger range of dates than strtotime() for me). Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $dt = new DateTime(); $dt->parse('30/12/1601', 'd/m/Y'); echo $dt->format('Y/m/d'); ?> (Presumably successive parse calls would overwrite the state from a previous one) Expected result: ---------------- 1601/12/30. If both formats are the same, then the output should match the input. Actual result: -------------- n/a. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42698&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42698&r=mysqlcfg