Re[2]: [PHP-WIN] Bug in mktime-function ?

We do exist, but on a different time frame, something like a parallel universe ... just kidding ;-) Pablo. Wednesday, February 14, 2001, 5:01:24 PM, Ignatius wrote: IT> Er...does this mean that those of us born before the advent of Unix don't exist? :-) IT> Ignatius >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pablo Vera [mailto:pvz@vercan.com] >> Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2001 04:30 >> To: php-windows@lists.php.net >> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Bug in mktime-function ? >> >> >> Dirk: >> >> Date/time values in PHP are handled as UNIX timestamps, that is, the >> number of seconds since what they call the UNIX Epoch (whatever it >> means), in other words, 1970. Before that, nothing existed, so no >> need for time. >> >> Saludos, >> Pablo >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >> >> Wednesday, February 14, 2001, 10:29:36 AM, Dirk wrote: >> >> >> DDdc> Hello PHP-users, >> >> DDdc> given the following code snippet to convert >> ISO-date-strings to localized >> DDdc> date-strings: >> >> DDdc> <?php >> >> DDdc> $stringArray = explode("-", "1985-01-01"); >> DDdc> $month = $stringArray[1]; >> DDdc> $day = $stringArray[2]; >> DDdc> $year = $stringArray[0]; >> >> DDdc> $date = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year); >> DDdc> $value = strftime("%d.%m.%Y", $date); >> >> DDdc> echo $value; >> ?>> >> >> DDdc> This code works fine as long as I use dates after 1970, >> all earlier >> DDdc> dates result in an empty value. >> DDdc> According to the docs, mktime is supposed to work fine >> with 4-digit >> DDdc> dates. >> >> DDdc> What is the problem here... >> >> DDdc> Greetings, >> >> DDdc> Dirk >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: >> php-list-admin@lists.php.net >>