Bug #60257 [Com]: ZERO DATES IN STRTOTIME

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60257&edit=1 ID: 60257 Comment by: it at ezy2c dot com Reported by: it at ezy2c dot com Summary: ZERO DATES IN STRTOTIME Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: CENTOS 5 64 bit PHP Version: 5.3.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: When I strtotime("0000-00-00 00:00:00") in the Linux Box I get -62170020000, when I do it on the windows box it returns NULL. Maybe this is the root of the issue, at least when it returns NULL it converts to 1970-01-01 10:00:00 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-11-11 03:08:56] it at ezy2c dot com After a search of the web I have uncovered that other users experience this in lots of 5+ versions of PHP on 64-bit *unix OS's. If its a 64 bit OS, strtotime should detect if its a ZERO date value (as mysql uses as default value etc) ie. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 and return the 1970 value as my Windows machine does. By the way my Windows Machine is a 64-Bit Windows 7 machine with XAMPP, and it returns a 1970 date. Please Fix this as we have a LOT of code that relies on strtotime's ability. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-11-10 23:40:19] it at ezy2c dot com Description: ------------ Hi I have noticed that when i use zero date in windows it converts to the expected 1970 date however on our Centos 5 Server it fails. See live script http://amo2.flsecure.com/testdate.php Test script: --------------- EXAMPLE CODE: $zerodate="0000-00-00 00:00:00"; $convertdate=date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime(0000-00-00 00:00:00)); echo("ORIG: ".$zerodate." | CONVERTED: ".$convertdate."); RESULT: ORIG: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | CONVERTED: -0001-11-30 00:00:00 On MY WINDOWS BOX: ORIG: 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | CONVERTED: 1970-01-01 10:00:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60257&edit=1