Re: strtotime

When you set the date to "0000-00-00", you start the following sequence: 1. strtotime returns false, because "0000-00-00" isn't a date it can parse into a timestamp. 2. date returns 1969, because it's not passed a valid timestamp and it works from December 31, 1969 for any invalid date. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM, John Taylor-Johnston < John.Taylor-Johnston@cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca> wrote: > Hello, > > In a mysql date() field, I set the default to "0000-00-00". > > Therefore, $mydata->birthday = "0000-00-00"; > > But when I run this next line, $then = 1969. > > $then=date("Y", strtotime($mydata->birthday)); > > Why 1969, and not 0 or nothing? > > If I echo strtotime("0000-00-00"); > > Nothing appears. So $then should be nothing? > > What is wrong with my logic? > > Thanks, > John > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com