Doc #52642 [NEW]: You have mixed up two values in one of the tables

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.2.14 Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:You have mixed up two values in one of the tables Description: ------------ %p UPPER-CASE 'AM' or 'PM' based on the given time %P lower-case 'am' or 'pm' based on the given time These lines appear to be the wrong way around. <?php $date = '15/02/08 11:19:56 am'; $dateFormat1 = '%d/%m/%y %l:%M:%S %p'; // Little P, which docs say is upper-case $dateFormat2 = '%d/%m/%y %l:%M:%S %P'; // Big P, which docs say is lower-case echo strptime($date, $dateFormat1) == true ? "true\n" : "false\n"; echo strptime($date, $dateFormat2) == true ? "true\n" : "false\n"; Result is true, false, which means that %p is matching, but docs say it will only match on upper case, which is wrong and that %P is not matching, but docs say it will with the lower case. Since the input has a lower case 'am' in it, the lower-case %P should match, but it does not. Test script: --------------- <?php $date = '15/02/08 11:19:56 am'; $dateFormat1 = '%d/%m/%y %l:%M:%S %p'; // Little P, which docs say is upper-case $dateFormat2 = '%d/%m/%y %l:%M:%S %P'; // Big P, which docs say is lower-case echo strptime($date, $dateFormat1) == true ? "true\n" : "false\n"; echo strptime($date, $dateFormat2) == true ? "true\n" : "false\n"; Result is true, false, which means that %p is matching, but docs say it will only match on upper case, which is wrong and that %P is not matching, but docs say it will with the lower case. Since the input has a lower case 'am' in it, the lower-case %P should match, but it does not. Expected result: ---------------- false true Actual result: -------------- true false -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52642&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52642&r=mysqlcfg