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Bug #1876 date() function returns Dec-1969 for years below 1902.
Submitted: 1999-07-26 09:40 UTC Modified: 1999-07-26 15:52 UTC
From: joel at joelryan dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Misbehaving function
PHP Version: 3.0.7 OS: Debian
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1999-07-26 09:40 UTC] joel at joelryan dot com 
The following line reproduces the problem.

echo date('M-Y',mktime(0,0,0,1,1,1901))

This line works correctly.

echo date('M-Y',mktime(0,0,0,1,1,1902))

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 [1999-07-26 15:52 UTC] rasmus at cvs dot php dot net 
This is a limitation of your system.  Your system problem uses 32-bit integer to represent
times and this you can only handle dates that are 1970 +- 68 years.
 
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