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Bug #13142 strtotime() returns -1 for "M d H:i:s Y" format
Submitted: 2001-09-04 16:47 UTC Modified: 2003-07-27 23:03 UTC
Votes:7
Avg. Score:4.3 ± 0.9
Reproduced:5 of 5 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (40.0%)
Same OS:1 (20.0%)
From: jeannielu at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 4.3.0-dev OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-09-04 16:47 UTC] jeannielu at hotmail dot com 
strtotime("Sep 04 16:39:45 2001") returns -1 with PHP 4.0.6

this was working with PHP 4.0.3

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 [2002-10-11 09:13 UTC] godin dot gilles at ic dot gc dot ca 
I am using PHP 4.2.3 under Windows 2000 where

date("D M d H:i:s T Y") produces...
Fri Oct 11 09:52:47 Eastern Standard Time 2002
instead of...
Fri Oct 11 09:52:47 EDT 2002

and, strtotime() of either format produced above returns -1
 [2003-01-02 19:34 UTC] nicos@php.net 
Verified again with 4.3.0.
 [2003-04-07 14:40 UTC] jparneodo at yahoo dot fr 
Same problem on RedHat 7.2
with PHP 4.3.0
on CEST timezone
returns -1
 [2003-04-19 16:49 UTC] fh at fuenf-freun dot de 
The problem is that the argument is ambigous.

"M d H:i:s Y"

could also be interpreted as

"M d Y:i:s Y".

The latter case happens when PHP parses the string. Then a parse error occurs, because ':i:s' doesn't make any sense. Therefore, the function returns -1.
In ext/standard/parsedate.y, the expression "M d H:i:s Y" is matched by 'tUNUMBER tMONTH tUNUMBER' (M d H) as well as 'tUNUMBER : tUNUMBER : tUNUMBER' (H:i:s).
Unfortunately, I am not able to submit a patch as I know nothing about lex/yacc.


Frederik
 [2003-07-27 23:03 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
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