Bug #68669 [Com]: DateTime::createFromFormat() does not allow NULL $timezone

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68669&edit=1 ID: 68669 Comment by: christophe at gesche dot org Reported by: ocramius at gmail dot com Summary: DateTime::createFromFormat() does not allow NULL $timezone Status: Assigned Type: Bug Package: Date/time related PHP Version: 5.6.4 Assigned To: neeke Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: idem with ubuntu & php 5.5.9 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-12-28 22:31:38] ocramius at gmail dot com Description: ------------ DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $time, DateTimeZone $timezone = null) has a default value for its third parameter $timezone, but it doesn't accept null as a value. Running the following script will raise a warning: DateTime::createFromFormat('Y/m/d', '2015/1/1', null); // Warning: DateTime::createFromFormat() expects parameter 3 to be DateTimeZone, null given While the documentation states that the default timezone is going to be used when no parameter is given, also the case where a null $timezone is given should be handled correctly. This would align the API to the language semantics about default values. Test script: --------------- <?php var_dump(get_class(DateTime::createFromFormat('Y/m/d', '2015/1/1', null))); Expected result: ---------------- string(8) "DateTime" Actual result: -------------- Warning: DateTime::createFromFormat() expects parameter 3 to be DateTimeZone, null given in %a on line 3 Warning: get_class() expects parameter 1 to be object, boolean given in %a on line 3 bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68669&edit=1