Bug #63929 [Opn->Nab]: wrong year in strtotime

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63929&edit=1 ID: 63929 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported by: daniz at rocketmail dot com Summary: wrong year in strtotime -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Date/time related PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 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 As the other commenter said, for the ISO Year, you need the "o". Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-07 13:11:09] daniz at rocketmaik dot com Indeed you're assumption is correct. Reading the info regarding the 'o' gives meening why I'm seeing what I'm seeing. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-07 12:43:06] r07271368 at hotmail dot com Please try this: $date = "2013-01-07"; $earlier = strtotime("-1 week", strtotime($date)); // should result in 31 Dec 2012, which is a Monday echo date('r', $earlier); // to make sure we have the right date echo "\n"; echo date('W Y', $earlier); // what you have echo "\n"; echo date('W o', $earlier); // what I think you want echo "\n"; I ran it and got this: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 01 2012 01 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-01-07 10:21:46] daniz at rocketmail dot com Description: ------------ Year is wrong in result based on test. Test script: --------------- $date = "2013-01-07"; echo date('W Y', strtotime("-1 week", strtotime($date))); Expected result: ---------------- Should be "01 2013" Actual result: -------------- Result is "01 2012" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63929&edit=1