Re: Bug #14473 Updated: strtotime wont parse date

just a fyi on why. strtotime obeys the information found here: http://www.gnu.org/manual/tar-1.12/html_chapter/tar_7.html so, doing strtotime('Twelfth December 2001'); will work. anyway, fwiw there you have it :) regards, philip olson On 12 Dec 2001 derick@php.net wrote: > ID: 14473 > Updated by: derick > Reported By: lindsay.marshall@ncl.ac.uk > Status: Open > Old Bug Type: Date/time related > Bug Type: Feature/Change Request > Operating System: Redhat 7.2 > PHP Version: 4.1.0 > New Comment: > > >From the manual: > > strtotime -- Parse about any English textual datetime description into a UNIX timestamp > > please note it says any, not all. > > Moving this to a feature request. > > Derick > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2001-12-12 18:36:30] lindsay.marshall@ncl.ac.uk > > strtotime('12th December 2001') > > returns -1 > > The 'th' after the number causes the problem, but this is a perfectly acceptable date > representation and should be recognised I believe. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Edit this bug report at > http://bugs.php.net/?id=14473&edit=1 > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >