Re: strtotime problem

toni, > $date1 = "10/12/2002"; > $date1 = date("D M j Y", strtotime($date1)); > $date2 = date("D M j Y"); > $date3 = date("D M j Y", $date1); > print $date1."<br>"; > print $date2."<br>"; > print $date3."<br>"; > > The code above gives me the following output: > > Fri Oct 11 2002 > Mon Feb 4 2002 > Wed Dec 31 1969 > > Is the strtotime() function causing this problem? =yes, in a way. Please RTFM: strtotime -- Parse about any English textual datetime description into a UNIX timestamp The function expects to be given a string containing an English date format and will try to parse that format into a UNIX timestamp relative to the timestamp given in now, or the current time if none is supplied. Upon failure, -1 is returned. =The -1 explains $date3, it also enables you to back-track to an issue with $date1. =If you are in America, what does 10/12 mean? =If you are in Europe, what does 10/12 mean? =Thus, how can strtotime() attempt to determine the meaning of the textual date? (I'll send you the full lecture if you have no idea what I'm talking about) =Regards, =dn