#13142 [Com]: strtotime() returns -1 for "M d H:i:s Y" format

ID: 13142 Comment by: fh at fuenf-freun dot de Reported By: jeannielu at hotmail dot com Status: Verified Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.3.0-dev New Comment: The problem is that the argument is ambigous. "M d H:i:s Y" could also be interpreted as "M d Y:i:s Y". The latter case happens when PHP parses the string. Then a parse error occurs, because ':i:s' doesn't make any sense. Therefore, the function returns -1. In ext/standard/parsedate.y, the expression "M d H:i:s Y" is matched by 'tUNUMBER tMONTH tUNUMBER' (M d H) as well as 'tUNUMBER : tUNUMBER : tUNUMBER' (H:i:s). Unfortunately, I am not able to submit a patch as I know nothing about lex/yacc. Frederik Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-07 14:40:20] jparneodo at yahoo dot fr Same problem on RedHat 7.2 with PHP 4.3.0 on CEST timezone returns -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-02 19:34:21] nicos@php.net Verified again with 4.3.0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-11 09:13:55] godin dot gilles at ic dot gc dot ca I am using PHP 4.2.3 under Windows 2000 where date("D M d H:i:s T Y") produces... Fri Oct 11 09:52:47 Eastern Standard Time 2002 instead of... Fri Oct 11 09:52:47 EDT 2002 and, strtotime() of either format produced above returns -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-04 13:22:32] eru@php.net Verified during the Bughunt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-09-04 20:15:24] sniper@php.net Uh..reproduced I meant. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/13142 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=13142&edit=1