Bug #78496 [Com]: date_create rolls a day back on year 0000 timestamp

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78496&edit=1 ID: 78496 Comment by: dzuczek at dlc-solutions dot co Reported by: dzuczek at dlc-solutions dot com Summary: date_create rolls a day back on year 0000 timestamp Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 7.2.22 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Passing a date instead of seconds does work: https://3v4l.org/cRcKS <?php $date_time = date_create('0000-02-20 00:00:00 UTC'); print_r($date_time); $date_time = date_create('0001-02-20 00:00:00 UTC'); print_r($date_time); ?> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-09-05 15:56:23] dzuczek at dlc-solutions dot com Description: ------------ date_create seems to roll back a day when given a timestamp in the year 0000 this worked as expected in PHP 7.1, does not work in PHP 7.2 or greater Test script: --------------- Not working (year 0000): https://3v4l.org/manbk Working (year 0001): https://3v4l.org/uMjtB <?php $timestamp = strtotime('0000-02-20 00:00:00 UTC'); // has issues $timestamp2 = strtotime('0001-02-20 00:00:00 UTC'); // this is okay // this has issues print $timestamp . "\n"; $date_time = date_create('@' . $timestamp); print_r($date_time); // this is fine print $timestamp2 . "\n"; $date_time2 = date_create('@' . $timestamp2); print_r($date_time2); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Using 0000-02-20 00:00:00 UTC Expected (PHP 7.1) DateTime Object ( [date] => 0000-02-20 00:00:00.000000 [timezone_type] => 1 [timezone] => +00:00 ) Actual result: -------------- Using 0000-02-20 00:00:00 UTC Actual (PHP 7.2+) DateTime Object ( [date] => 0000-02-19 00:00:00.000000 [timezone_type] => 1 [timezone] => +00:00 ) The resulting date has been rolled back a day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78496&edit=1