#34771 [NEW]: strtotime() fails with 1-12am/pm

From: arpad at rajeczy dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 5.1.0RC1 PHP Bug Type: Date/time related Bug description: strtotime() fails with 1-12am/pm Description: ------------ strtotime() now returns false for input like '12am', where the minutes are omitted with am, pm, a.m. or p.m. This should be allowed according to the GNU date input formats: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_chapter/tar_7.html#SEC112 It works correctly in 4.3.10, 4.4.0 and 5.0.4. It fails in 5.1.0RC1, built Aug 16 2005 13:49:49 and 5.1.0RC2-dev, built Oct 6 2005 20:17:56. Reproduce code: --------------- <pre><?php $tests = array( '12am', '1am', '1pm', '12a.m.', '1a.m.', '1p.m.', '12:00am', '1:00am', '1:00pm', '12:00a.m.', '1:00a.m.', '1:00p.m.' ); foreach ($tests as $test) { $t = strtotime($test); printf("%-10s => %-15s => %s\n", $test, var_export($t, 1), date('r', $t)); } ?></pre> Expected result: ---------------- 12am => 1128643200 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 1am => 1128646800 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0000 1pm => 1128690000 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 12a.m. => 1128643200 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 1a.m. => 1128646800 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0000 1p.m. => 1128690000 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 12:00am => 1128643200 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 1:00am => 1128646800 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0000 1:00pm => 1128690000 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 12:00a.m. => 1128643200 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 1:00a.m. => 1128646800 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0000 1:00p.m. => 1128690000 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 Actual result: -------------- 12am => false => Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 1am => false => Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 1pm => false => Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 12a.m. => false => Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 1a.m. => false => Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 1p.m. => false => Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 12:00am => 1128643200 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 1:00am => 1128646800 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0000 1:00pm => 1128690000 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 12:00a.m. => 1128643200 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0000 1:00a.m. => 1128646800 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0000 1:00p.m. => 1128690000 => Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34771&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34771&r=mysqlcfg