#45713 [Bgs]: Function strtotime() always returns FALSE if year > 2037!!

ID: 45713 User updated by: kris dot craig at gmail dot com Reported By: kris dot craig at gmail dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.2.6 New Comment: Excuse me, but this is a bug, and it is NOT bogus. I have consulted the documentation. Unless you can provide some sort of solution to this problem or at least explain why you don't think it's a bug that PHP won't handle any year past 2037, then I will re-post this bug in hopes that the next person who looks it over will actually give it some deliberative thought before dismissing it. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-05 06:48:23] derick@php.net Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Please read *all* the documentation at: http://no.php.net/strtotime Alternatively, use the OO date/time functionality: http://no.php.net/manual/en/function.date-create.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-05 02:43:54] kris dot craig at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Any time I enter a date (any format) into strtotime that contains a year later than 2037, the function returns FALSE every time. If I change the year to 2037 or earler, without changing anything else, it works every time. I have not been able to find any documentation or other information to explain this phenomenon. Pertinent server/module/etc information can be found here: http://www.kriscraig.com/phpinfo.php Reproduce code: --------------- /* This could not be simpler.... */ print strtotime( "2012-05-06" ); //1336287600 (works) print strtotime( "12 May 2037" ); //2125724400 (works) print strtotime( "12 May 2038" ); // (doesn't work!) print strtotime( "2500-05-06" ); // (doesn't work!) Expected result: ---------------- They should all return a valid timestamp. FALSE should only be returned if it fails, which is not supposed to happen simply because the year being input is greater than 2037! Actual result: -------------- It returns FALSE. Nothing. Nada. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45713&edit=1