note 79676 added to function.date

If the second parameter is non-numeric, then PHP 5 will return FALSE, but PHP 4 will treat it as a 0 and return the Unix Epoch for your timezone. Also, beware the difference between the return values of strtotime() in PHP 5 vs. PHP 4. <?php $from_empty = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", ""); var_dump($from_empty); // PHP 5 >>> Warning: date() expects parameter 2 to be long, string given... // bool(false) // PHP 4 >>> string(19) "1969-12-31 18:00:00" $from_bogus = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", "bogus"); var_dump($from_bogus); // PHP 5 >>> Warning: date() expects parameter 2 to be long, string given... // bool(false) //PHP 4 >>> string(19) "1969-12-31 18:00:00" $from_bad_strtotime = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime("Oops, bad data")); var_dump($from_bad_strtotime); // PHP 5 >>> string(19) "1969-12-31 18:00:00" // PHP 4 >>> string(19) "1969-12-31 17:59:59" ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 208.75.96.17 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/79676 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79676/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79676/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79676/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79676/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79676/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79676/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79676 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/79676 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php