RE: [PHP] Problem with strtotime()
| From: | John W. Holmes | Date: | Wed, 04 Jun 2003 02:19:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Problem with strtotime() | ||
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> I am not sure if this is a PHP problem. I am using strtotime() to
convert
> date string to timestamp. But this function fails with date prior to
1970.
> The documentation however says that range is Fri, 13 Dec 1901 20:45:54
GMT
> to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT
Actually it says it's "typically" within that range. If you're on
windows, though, negative timestamps aren't supported, IIRC.
> To be specific strtotime("2003/05/04") works fine, but
> strtotime("1966/05/04") returns -1
>
> I face the same problem with mktime().
>
> Is there any way to get a valid timestamp for dates before 1970 ??
---John W. Holmes...
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