Bug #17190: Date() gives error for date prior to 1-1-1970

From: mfconstable@pacbell.net Operating system: Windows NT 4.0 PHP version: 4.2.0 PHP Bug Type: Date/time related Bug description: Date() gives error for date prior to 1-1-1970 When using date() to format date prior to Jan 1, 1970 or after Jan 19, 2038 PHP gives Warning: unexpected error in date() script \\variable's byear,bmonth,bday come from user form \\script works fine for dates between 1-1-1970 - 1-19-2038 $bdate = $byear . "-" . $bmonth . "-" . $bday ; $dob = strtotime($bdate); $_SESSION['view_dob'] = date("d-m-Y",$dob); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17190&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17190&r=globals