Req #74797 [Opn->Wfx]: strtotime() doesn't accept date with spaces in it

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74797&edit=1 ID: 74797 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: hofman dot tomas at gmail dot com Summary: strtotime() doesn't accept date with spaces in it -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related PHP Version: Next Minor Version -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I agree that we should not make strtotime() even more "flexible", besides that we would need to implement our own parser, instead of being able to use timelib_strtotime(). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-06-22 21:25:23] derick@php.net strtotime can't possibly support *all* formats in existence, that's why you can use DateTime::createFromFormat instead: https://3v4l.org/dXWqD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-06-22 14:15:09] hofman dot tomas at gmail dot com Description: ------------ It will be nice, that strtotime() function could parse date format with dots and spaces to. Now strtotime('22.6.2017') returns 1498082400, but typographicaly correct version strtotime('22. 6. 2017') returns false. In some languages/typographic convetions (like Czech or German) format with spaces is correct, but strtotime() not supports it. Is it possible to have also this one? Test script: --------------- <?php echo var_dump(strtotime('22.6.2017')); echo var_dump(strtotime('22. 6. 2017')); ?> Expected result: ---------------- int(1498082400) int(1498082400) Actual result: -------------- int(1498082400) bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74797&edit=1