RE: [PEAR-DEV] [PEAR-BUG] #445 [NEW]: Date does not handle DATE_FORMAT_ISO_EXTENDED correctly

> From: Hartmut Holzgraefe [mailto:hartmut@php.net] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:42 PM > mike dot carter at personalmedicaladvisor dot co dot uk wrote: > > Description: > > ------------ > > Passing in what looks like a valid DATE_FORMAT_ISO_EXTENDED format > string > > causes the Date clas to fail to parse it and manipulate its values. > > > ... > > Reproduce code: > > --------------- > > $d="2003-12-17T10:27:03Z"; > ... > > Does the Date class use strtotime() for conversions? > > I strtotime() support for this format to HEAD recently > so it is only available in PHP 5 CVS and snapshots but > not in any release version *including* 5.0.0rc2 ... No it doesnt. The main purpose of PEAR::Date is to fix the limitations of the php functions by sacrificing (a bit of) performance. So it has its own custom regexp. Regards, Lukas