PHP 4.0 Bug #4096 Updated: mktime() & date() bug on Win32 Environment

ID: 4096 Updated by: zak Reported By: chankor@netscape.net Status: Analyzed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Assigned To: Comments: I am grasping to understand the source code for this bug - mostly because it seems like it should be easy to tackle. :) If I understand correctly, either the native win functions cannot handle dates beyond the start of epoch - or - the versions of gmtime_r, localtime_r and mktime used in the win C compilers are not very robust php_mktime on win returns -1 for any date before the epoch. php_date on win returns an error for any time value under 0 I am guessing that the only practical way to fix this is by writing the date/time calculation code directly into php - instead of relying on OS based libraries. Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=4096