#23211 [Opn->Bgs]: April First Week strtotime day off error

ID: 23211 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported By: jmalan at ocurrance dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Calendar related Operating System: Linux 7 PHP Version: 4.3.1 New Comment: There is a link to the format docs on the strtotime manual page. strtotime() is not a PHP thing, it is a standard library used all over the place. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-22 10:10:18] jmalan at ocurrance dot com Maybe that should be stated in the documentation in the strtotime area so developers know to add that. What would the syntax be if you were doing last saturday? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-22 01:30:26] rasmus@php.net If you specify the timezone at the end of your strtotime string it should work just fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-14 16:24:36] jmalan at ocurrance dot com Found a better fix. Instead of using strtotime("last saturday"), try this: date("m/d/Y H:i:s",strtotime("-1 week saturday")); The timechange didn't seem to have any affect to strtotime this way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-14 15:54:18] mbarrus at elixirlabs dot com We were having a similar issue. stringtotime does not seem to take in considuration Daylight Savings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-14 15:44:19] jmalan at ocurrance dot com I have designed a scheduler for a call center which uses the work week of saturday through friday. If you use strtotime("last saturday") in the first week of april after the first saturday of april your strtotime will be off by one day. This happens in any year only during this time frame. To test it make sure you change your dates on your testing server. Quick Fix is $lastThursday = strtotime("last friday"). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23211&edit=1