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

ID: 17190 Updated by: tom@php.net Reported By: mfconstable@pacbell.net Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows NT 4.0 PHP Version: 4.2.0 New Comment: Yep, the exact output is Invalid date range Warning: unexpected error in date() in D:\Test\t.php on line 8 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-22 06:52:35] darkelder@php.net Please, someone check on Windows the routine I wrote. Maybe on Windows date() return error if time is -1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-22 06:50:46] darkelder@php.net I'm using PHP 4.1.2 and no error on date() as got on: <?PHP error_reporting(E_ALL); $time = strtotime("1850-10-10"); if ($time == -1) { print "Invalid date range\n"; } print date("d-m-Y",$time); ?> The only error is that date will allways show the date of time = -1 on invalid range (< 1970 OR > 2038). Is only a code bug. You should verify if $time is -1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-14 04:08:10] sitnikov@infonet.ee Look also www.php.net/strtotime ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-14 03:53:09] mfischer@php.net Reopening as a documentation problem. I threw a quick glance on the php.net/date page last night and I couldn't find it there. If it's nere, it needs to be outlined better, or well, documented at all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-14 02:19:09] derick@php.net Sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php Thank you for your interest in PHP. This is a problem in Windows, not in PHP. Derick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/17190 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17190&edit=1