#29879 [NEW]: strtotime() should return false instead of -1 on failure

From: info at peter-thomassen dot de Operating system: any PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Date/time related Bug description: strtotime() should return false instead of -1 on failure Description: ------------ If an invalid time is specified, strtotime() returns -1. Because -1 is ambiguous (it could also mean 1969-12-31 23:59:59 UTC), I request to return (bool)false on failure. BTW: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_chapter/tar_7.html#SEC117 which is mentioned in the docs allows a number preceded by an '@' for the time argument to represent seconds since the epoch. This results in an error -- shall I report another bug for that? Thanks! Reproduce code: --------------- <?php var_dump(strtotime('invalid')); ?> Expected result: ---------------- bool(false) Actual result: -------------- int(-1) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29879&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=29879&r=float