#42786 [NEW]: Unclear paragraph in strtotime()

From: yoavf at imagineersystems dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Unclear paragraph in strtotime() Description: ------------ The documentation for strtotime is slightly confusing/run-on... --- The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), relative to the timestamp given in now, or the current time if none is supplied. --- At first glance, the paragraph appears to imply "The function [returns] the current time if none is supplied." Reproduce code: --------------- The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), relative to the timestamp given in now, or the current time if none is supplied. Expected result: ---------------- The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), relative to the timestamp given in now, or the current time if none is supplied. Actual result: -------------- The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT). This is relative to the timestamp given in $now, or the current time if $now is not supplied/null/false. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42786&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42786&r=mysqlcfg