Re: strtotime

I've not read this, but if the first valid date is Jan. 1st, 1970, then passing that date back in the case of errors would lead to ambiguity. Is it a valid date or is it an error. Passing back the date of the day just before (in terms of time, I think it's the second before) the first valid date lets you easily identify an error. Again, I didn't read this anywhere, though, and I could be wrong. Adam On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Kim Madsen <php.net@emax.dk> wrote: > Hi guys > > I have a question: > > <snip> > Ashley Sheridan wrote on 14/01/2010 19:20: > > MySQL uses a default "0000-00-00" value for date fields generally, but > when converted into a timestamp, the string equates to a false value. In > PHP, timestamps are numerical values indicating the seconds since > Midnight of the 1st January 1969. As PHP uses loose data typing, false > </snip> > > Adam Richardson wrote on 14/01/2010 19:25: > <snip> > 2. date returns 1969, because it's not passed a valid timestamp and it > works from December 31, 1969 for any invalid date. > </snip> > > Why is this? Unixtime starts at January 1st 1970 GMT (see for instance > http://php.net/microtime), I've never heard of the other > dates you > mentioned. > > My guess is the time, date or GMT is wrong for Johns setup and that's why > he get 1969 and not 1970, cause something is seting time in the past > > -- > Kind regards > Kim Emax - masterminds.dk > > > -- > 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