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Bug #26806 date() does not support negative timestamps now even on Linux.
Submitted: 2004-01-05 22:08 UTC Modified: 2004-01-05 22:36 UTC
From: terence at monmon dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 4.3.4 OS: Redhat 8.0
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-01-05 22:08 UTC] terence at monmon dot com 
Description:
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date() does not support negative timestamps on Linux. Previous version can.

Reproduce code:
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echo date("j M Y", -100) ;

Expected result:
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Obviously not 1 Jan 1970

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 [2004-01-05 22:36 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

This is because your libc does not support them.
 
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