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Bug #20280 mktime() returns -3662
Submitted: 2002-11-06 07:24 UTC Modified: 2003-01-20 22:13 UTC
From: mfladischer at abis dot co dot at Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 4CVS-2002-11-06 OS: Linux (Redhat 7.3)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-11-06 07:24 UTC] mfladischer at abis dot co dot at 
mktime() returns -3662 for years earlier than 1970. no matter which year (tried with 1967,1956,1945,...).
bug or system-limitation?

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 [2002-11-06 08:14 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.  For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions. 

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

On Unix systems it shoulbe possible to go as low as year 1900 or so, in fact it works fine on my Slackware system. This problem has to do more with your libc rather then PHP, since technically the timestamp value is limited to 1970 - 2038 time period.
 [2003-01-20 22:13 UTC] sniper@php.net 
$ php -r 'echo date("d.m.Y", mktime(0,0,0,12,14,1901));'
14.12.1901

(using RH 6.2., glibc 2.1.3)

"Dec 14th 1901" is the last date that works, earlier will
always output 01.01.1970 :)
 
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