note 39244 added to function.strtotime

I need help! I'm a PHP moron (seriously) and I'm having trouble with my recordsets being returned. If the date field im returning is less than January 1, 1970 I get a blank field. What's the coding I need to compinsate for this. here's what i currently have: function get_date_format($val) { $val=strtotime($val); $date_display=date("m/d/Y", $val); return $date_display; } $val could be equal to any date less the 1970 date listed above. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+39244 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+39244&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+39244&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php