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Bug #36309 strtotime() returns -1, NOT false as the docs say it should.
Submitted: 2006-02-07 00:54 UTC Modified: 2006-02-07 08:24 UTC
From: ipso at snappymail dot ca Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 5.1.2 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-02-07 00:54 UTC] ipso at snappymail dot ca 
Description:
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strtotime() returns -1 when it should return FALSE as per the docs for PHP v5.1.2

Reproduce code:
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strtotime('1969-12-31 15:59:59-08');

returns: -1

Expected result:
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expected return of: FALSE with PHP v5.1.2

Actual result:
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result: -1

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 [2006-02-07 08:24 UTC] derick@php.net 
No bug here. The time that you specify (1969-12-31 15:59:59-08) is exactly one second before the epoch starts (1970-01-01 00:00 GMT) and thus the function correctly returns -1.
 
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