Bug #75052 [NEW]: DateTime::__construct first argument null

From: tim_siebels_aurich at yahoo dot de Operating system: PHP version: 7.2.0beta2 Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:DateTime::__construct first argument null Description: ------------ The documentation for the DateTime constructor says that when using the $timezone parameter, the first parameter may be null [1]. Enabling strict types, an exception is thrown [2]. [1] http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.construct.php#refsect1-datetime.construct-parameters [2] https://3v4l.org/DKdFT Test script: --------------- <?php declare(strict_types=1); var_dump((new DateTime(null, new DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin')))->format('d-m-Y H:i')); Expected result: ---------------- Current time Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: DateTime::__construct() expects parameter 1 to be string, null given in line 3 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75052&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75052&r=mysqlcfg