Bug #51393 [Opn->Asn]: DateTime::createFromFormat() fails if format string contains timezone

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51393&edit=1 ID: 51393 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: jo at feuersee dot de Summary: DateTime::createFromFormat() fails if format string contains timezone -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.3.2 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-25 21:19:03] jo at feuersee dot de Description: ------------ I was trying to process Apache logfiles with PHP. The default LogFormat timestamp %t translates to '[d/M/Y:H:i:s O]' in date() notation. PHP fails to create DateTime instances if the format argument contains timezone placeholders like O P e I am aware of the 3rd parameter of DateTime::createFromFormat() to pass timezone information. - the documentation says 'Format accepted by date()' - DateTime is supposed to help parsing datetime formats, not to restrict Test script: --------------- $dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('[d/M/Y:H:i:s O]', '[13/Mar/1969:23:40:00 +0100]'); print($dt->format('c')); Expected result: ---------------- 1969-03-13T23:40:00+01:00 Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Call to a member function format() on a non-object ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51393&edit=1