Req #64148 [Opn->Nab]: function strtotime seems to be inaccurate

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64148&edit=1 ID: 64148 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: jeromystewart at gmail dot com Summary: function strtotime seems to be inaccurate -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: WIN SERVER 2008 VIA IIS PHP Version: 5.3.21 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: If you fed it UTC times, you would be right. But you didn't. strtotime() will use the current timezone and try to create the correct Unix timestamp from that. Try your script like this: echo strtotime('2011-03-12 00:00:00 UTC')/(60*60*24); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-05 01:29:28] jeromystewart at gmail dot com Description: ------------ My version of PHP wasn't on the list, it is actually 5.3.8 on WIN2008 (ISS) When calculating the unix timestamp for a given day (see Test Script) I wouldn't expect there to be a remainder at all. The test script below demonstrates that there is a remainder ... and that remainder changes from the 13th to the 14th of March 2011. When I ran the same script on my linux host I got the following 15045.291666667 15046.291666667 15047.291666667 15048.291666667 At least with the above, the remainder is consistent. See below for the actual result on the windows server 2008 running IIS Test script: --------------- echo strtotime('2011-03-12 00:00:00')/(60*60*24); echo '<hr>'; echo strtotime('2011-03-13 00:00:00')/(60*60*24); echo '<hr>'; echo strtotime('2011-03-14 00:00:00')/(60*60*24); echo '<hr>'; echo strtotime('2011-03-15 00:00:00')/(60*60*24); echo '<hr>'; Expected result: ---------------- Expected Result: 15045.0 <hr> 15046.0 <hr> 15047.0 <hr> 15048.0 <hr> Actual result: -------------- Actual Result: 15045.333333333 <hr> 15046.333333333 <hr> 15047.291666667 <hr> 15048.291666667 <hr> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64148&edit=1