Bug #65747 [NEW]: DateTime __construct error

From: mwiseman at dogandtuba dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: Irrelevant Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:DateTime __construct error Description: ------------ Constructing a DateTime object with a string argument of 1 character creates a DateTime object set to now, instead of throwing an exception. If the string contains two characters (e.g. DateTime('aa')) an exception is thrown. Test script: --------------- <?php date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles'); $d = new DateTime('x'); echo $d->format('y-m-d'); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Throw an exception Actual result: -------------- Valid DateTime object set to now. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65747&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65747&r=mysqlcfg