Req #53520 [NEW]: The valid range of a timestamp to become 64-bit signed integer

From: Operating system: ALL PHP version: 5.3.4 Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:The valid range of a timestamp to become 64-bit signed integer Description: ------------ The Summary field tells everything. Is it possible (in the future), the valid range of a timestamp to become 64-bit signed integer. I'm using BIGINT in MySQL database for date + time fields in my applications and recently figured out that the interval for date-time is very limited! --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.date --- -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53520&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53520&r=mysqlcfg