note 111286 added to function.date-create

If you are getting an error like this: Exception: DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (13/02/2013) at position 0 (1): Unexpected character in DateTime->__construct() Note that when you create a new date object using a format with slashes and dashes (eg 02-02-2012 or 02/02/2012) it must be in the mm/dd/yy(yy) or mm-dd-yy(yy) format (rather than british format dd/mm/yy)! Months always before years (the american style) otherwise you'll get an incorrect date and may get an error like the one above (where PHP is crashing on trying to decode a 13th month). Can catch you off guard because everything seems to be working fine and dandy until you hit a value over 12. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 124.149.80.186 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-create.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/111286 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111286/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111286/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111286/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111286/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111286/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111286/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/111286 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/111286 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php