Bug #66836 [NEW]: DateTime::createFromFormat 'U' with pre 1970 dates, fails parsing

From: rami dot alnawas at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:DateTime::createFromFormat 'U' with pre 1970 dates, fails parsing Description: ------------ When DateTime::createFromFormat('U', strtotime('1962-11-17T00:00:00+00:00') is executed the result is false as strtotime('1962-11-17T00:00:00+00:00') is negative. Using date function with the same input works OK Test script: --------------- echo date('YmdHis', strtotime('1962-11-17T00:00:00+00:00')); // 19621117000000 print_r(DateTime::createFromFormat('U', strtotime('1962-11-17T00:00:00+00:00'), new \DateTimeZone('UTC'))->format('YmdHis')); // fails as createFromFormat returns false -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66836&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66836&r=mysqlcfg