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Request #14473 strtotime wont parse date
Submitted: 2001-12-12 18:36 UTC Modified: 2003-08-17 16:44 UTC
From: lindsay dot marshall at ncl dot ac dot uk Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.1.0 OS: Redhat 7.2
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-12-12 18:36 UTC] lindsay dot marshall at ncl dot ac dot uk 
strtotime('12th December 2001')

returns -1

The 'th' after the number causes the problem, but this is a perfectly acceptable date representation and should be recognised I believe.

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 [2001-12-12 18:46 UTC] derick@php.net 
From the manual:

strtotime --  Parse about any English textual datetime description into a UNIX timestamp

please note it says any, not all.

Moving this to a feature request.

Derick
 [2003-08-17 16:44 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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