Doc #68944 [Opn->Nab]: strftime %G problem with 31-12-2013

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68944&edit=1 ID: 68944 Updated by: danack@php.net Reported by: kesavan dot krishnan at krds dot fr Summary: strftime %G problem with 31-12-2013 -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: ubuntu 13.10 PHP Version: 5.4.37 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Yeah - you almost certainly don't want to use %G http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_week_date "The ISO 8601 definition for week 01 is the week with the year's first Thursday in it. Hence the earliest possible dates are 29 December through 4 January, the latest 4 through 10 January." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-01-29 14:04:05] gabri dot ns at gmail dot com please use %Y %G, %g, %V, and %u is used for ISO8601 weekdays. please see the documentation of %V for more information. http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-01-29 13:40:30] kesavan dot krishnan at krds dot fr Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/faq --- In php 5.4.35 i user strftime %A %e %B %G to get the date information.But if am passing date 31-12-2011, 31-12-2012, 31-12-2013, 31-12-2014 it return the year number+1.For exmp.if year is 2013 it return 2014. Test script: --------------- $mytime = new DateTime('2012-12-31'); echo strftime('%A %e %B %G', $mytime->getTimestamp()); Expected result: ---------------- Monday 31 December 2012 Actual result: -------------- Monday 31 December 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68944&edit=1