#45509 [Opn->Asn]: create_date_from_format cannot parse negative (BC) dates

ID: 45509 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: tj at systisoft dot com -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Mac OS X PHP Version: 5.3CVS-2008-07-14 (CVS) -Assigned To: +Assigned To: derick Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-14 13:29:21] tj at systisoft dot com Description: ------------ While the constructor of DateTime can handle negaive dates (BC dates), create_date_from_format cannot. Reproduce code: --------------- $d = new DateTime("-4000-01-31"); echo $d->format("Y-m-d"), PHP_EOL; $d = date_create_from_format("Y-m-d", "4000-01-31"); echo $d->format("Y-m-d"), PHP_EOL; $d = date_create_from_format("Y-m-d", "-4000-01-31"); echo $d->format("Y-m-d"), PHP_EOL; Expected result: ---------------- -4000-01-31 4000-01-31 -4000-01-31 Actual result: -------------- -4000-01-31 4000-01-31 PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function format() on a non-object in Command line code on line 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45509&edit=1