#35414 [Csd->Opn]: strtotime() no longer works with ordinal suffix

ID: 35414 User updated by: km at somehowbythesea dot org dot uk Reported By: km at somehowbythesea dot org dot uk -Status: Closed +Status: Open Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Linux -PHP Version: 5.1.0 +PHP Version: 5.1.1 Assigned To: derick New Comment: The strtotime function still fails to produce a UNIX timestamp from strings where the date - a number with it's ordinal suffix - precedes the month. For example, "Sat Nov 26th 2005 18:18" will produce a timestamp but "Sat 26th Nov 2005 18:18" will not. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-11-29 02:23:41] iliaa@php.net This bug has been fixed in CVS. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-11-26 22:16:26] tony2001@php.net Assigned to the author. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-11-26 22:12:43] km at somehowbythesea dot org dot uk Description: ------------ In PHP4.3, strtotime() will parse days of the month with and ordinal suffix, in the format "Sat 26th Nov 2005 18:18", however this is no longer possible in PHP5.1. The same string without the ordinal suffix ("Sat 26 Nov 2005 18:18") returns a timestamp as expected. I apologize in advance if this should now be listed as a feature request instead of a bug. In version 4.0.5 this problem was reported as a bug (#15210) when in fact the parsing of ordinals was not actually a feature at the time. Following that, the feature was added in CVS and was still working at version 4.3. Reproduce code: --------------- <? $tWithOrd = "Sat 26th Nov 2005 18:18"; $tWithoutOrd = "Sat 26 Nov 2005 18:18"; $UtimeWithOrd = strtotime($tWithOrd); $UtimeWithoutOrd = strtotime($tWithoutOrd); print("time string with ordinal suffix: $tWithOrd<br>"); print("time string without ordinal suffix: $tWithoutOrd<br><br>"); print("UNIX timestamp from time string with ordinal suffix: $UtimeWithOrd<br>"); print("UNIX timestamp from time string without ordinal suffix: $UtimeWithoutOrd<br><br>"); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Both variables $UtimeWithOrd and $UtimeWithoutOrd should contain a UNIX timestamp, printing it to screen with the last two lines. Actual result: -------------- Only the variable $UtimeWithoutOrd contains a timestamp. $UtimeWithOrd is empty and prints nothing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=35414&edit=1