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Bug #35769 error handing dates prior to 1970
Submitted: 2005-12-22 08:42 UTC Modified: 2005-12-22 10:25 UTC
From: php at 62nds dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 4.4.2RC1 OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-12-22 08:42 UTC] php at 62nds dot com
Description:
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Wrong month and day returned by gmdate; year is correct most of the time.

Reproduce code:
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	$membday = mktime(0, 0, 0, 6, 15, 1966);
	echo gmdate('Y.m.d', $membday);




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 [2005-12-22 08:45 UTC] php at 62nds dot com
Example outputs "1969.12.31", mktime returns correct value
 [2005-12-22 10:25 UTC] sniper@php.net
This depends lot on the OS behind. If you want reliable date handling you have to start using PHP 5.1 which has new date code. This is not critical bug in PHP 4 so it will never get fixed there.
 
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