Bug #75606 [Opn->Nab]: strtotime("first day this month") vs strtotime("first day of this month")

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75606&edit=1 ID: 75606 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: rafal dot janiczek at gmail dot com Summary: strtotime("first day this month") vs strtotime("first day of this month") -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 7.1.12 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php That's right, "last day" and "last day of" do different things. http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-11-30 21:31:18] rafal dot janiczek at gmail dot com Description: ------------ strtotime("first day this month") gives a date for next month. Test script: --------------- <?php $d = "first day this month"; echo "'$d': ".date("Y-m-d", strtotime($d)).PHP_EOL; $d = "first day of this month"; echo "'$d': ".date("Y-m-d", strtotime($d)).PHP_EOL; echo "Today: ".date("Y-m-d").PHP_EOL; Expected result: ---------------- 'first day this month': 2017-11-01 'first day of this month': 2017-11-01 Today: 2017-11-30 Actual result: -------------- 'first day this month': 2017-12-01 'first day of this month': 2017-11-01 Today: 2017-11-30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75606&edit=1