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Bug #3424 Date function not accurate for seconds
Submitted: 2000-02-07 23:24 UTC Modified: 2000-08-01 17:15 UTC
From: ddwyer at ncic dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Misbehaving function
PHP Version: 3.0.14 OS: NT 4
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2000-02-07 23:24 UTC] ddwyer at ncic dot com
According to the documentation, the timestamp is the number of seconds since 12am 1/1/70.  A day has 60*60*24 (86400) seconds in it.

When I use the function:

date("H:i:s",86400);
...it replies 17:00:00 (5pm)

When I plug in a higher number, 107999, that gets me to 23:59:59-- a 30-hour day?

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 [2000-02-08 04:13 UTC] mrobinso at cvs dot php dot net
Try... date("H:i:s",time()+86400);
                    ^^^^^^^

or ... date("H:i:s",time()+107999);


 [2000-08-01 17:15 UTC] hholzgra@php.net
base for timestamps is 12am 1/1/70 GMT (!)
while date() will use your local timezone 


 
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