note 85252 added to function.strtotime

"5.1.0 Now issues the E_STRICT and E_NOTICE time zone errors." This little footnote represents a failure mode under common conditions, which is extremely frustrating. For example, this code ALWAYS returns an error on PHP 5: ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL|E_STRICT); echo strtotime('Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:34:07 GMT', time()); Notice a standard HTTP-date was specified, so the PHP timezone setting will never affect the value returned by strtotime(). There is no documented workaround, and the suggested methods including date_default_timezone_get will cause the same errors. To make matters worse, those functions don't exist in older versions. Based on my testing, it is necessary to provide PHP with a hard-coded timezone, any timezone at all, to prevent the error. Since the timezone has no affect on the results, I could use 'UTC' or 'America/Detroit' or any other valid string. if (function_exists('date_default_timezone_set')) { date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); } echo strtotime('Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:34:07 GMT', time()); This is the only solution I have found so far. Enjoy Robert Chapin Chapin Information Services ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 99.144.157.75 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/85252 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85252/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85252/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85252/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85252/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85252/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85252/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85252 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/85252 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php