#49011 [Opn->Bgs]: Middle Endian date format only semi-recognized by strtotime

ID: 49011 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: soapergem at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.3.0 New Comment: This is a design decision. If you use / (the prefered US way), it uses MM/DD/YYYY and if you use - (the preferred UK way), it uses DD-MM-YYYY. If you want to parse the MM-DD-YYYY format, have a look at http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php (beware though, the format it uses is only *resembling* that what date() supports. The docs are vague here). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-21 21:06:22] soapergem at gmail dot com Description: ------------ An extremely common date format in the USA is middle endian, which is often expressed in one of two ways. Today's date (July 21, 2009) could be expressed as either of the following: 1. 07/21/2009 2. 07-21-2009 Currently, if the first version (1) is passed into strtotime(), it successfully parses the date. However, the second version (2) returns FALSE. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php var_dump(strtotime('07/21/2009')); // good var_dump(strtotime('07-21-2009')); // bad ?> Expected result: ---------------- int(1248152400) int(1248152400) Actual result: -------------- int(1248152400) bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49011&edit=1