Bug #71728 [Opn]: date functions leading zeros ingnore

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71728&edit=1 ID: 71728 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported by: shadowspawnshadow at gmail dot com Summary: date functions leading zeros ingnore Status: Open Type: Bug -Package: Date/time related +Package: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.5.33 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This is expected behaviour, but should be noted in the documentation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-07 10:34:05] shadowspawnshadow at gmail dot com Actualy I can work around this with regexp, but it is awkward. An example: Laravel framework use date_parse_from_format() for date format validation, what looks usefull actualy (no need to have format and regexp for same property). Yes you can change documentation, but I think it would be untidy. Also will be duplicated format characters for parsing and different for formating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-07 10:13:18] requinix@php.net Is this creating an actual problem for you? Or how about we just change the documentation to say that leading zeroes are ignored? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-03-07 10:08:13] shadowspawnshadow at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Date functions/methods like date_parse_from_format(), date_create_from_format()/DateTime::createFromFormat() ignore leading zeros in format and date string. So doe not make sense you use, for example, 'm' or 'n', both '01' and '1' passed without errors or warnings. Looks relevant to all versions from 5.2 to 5.6. Test script: --------------- <?php // date with leading zeros $d = '1990-01-02'; // format without leading zeros $f = 'Y-n-j'; print_r(date_parse_from_format($f, $d)); print_r(date_create_from_format($f, $d)); print_r(DateTime::getLastErrors()); echo '--------------------------'; // date without leading zeros $d = '1990-1-2'; // format with leading zeros $f = 'Y-m-d'; print_r(date_parse_from_format($f, $d)); print_r(date_create_from_format($f, $d)); print_r(DateTime::getLastErrors()); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Expect some warnings at least. Actual result: -------------- Array ( [year] => 1990 [month] => 1 [day] => 2 [hour] => [minute] => [second] => [fraction] => [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array ( ) [error_count] => 0 [errors] => Array ( ) [is_localtime] => ) DateTime Object ( [date] => 1990-01-02 05:00:38.000000 [timezone_type] => 3 [timezone] => America/New_York ) Array ( [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array ( ) [error_count] => 0 [errors] => Array ( ) ) -------------------------- Array ( [year] => 1990 [month] => 1 [day] => 2 [hour] => [minute] => [second] => [fraction] => [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array ( ) [error_count] => 0 [errors] => Array ( ) [is_localtime] => ) DateTime Object ( [date] => 1990-01-02 05:00:38.000000 [timezone_type] => 3 [timezone] => America/New_York ) Array ( [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array ( ) [error_count] => 0 [errors] => Array ( ) ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71728&edit=1