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Doc Bug #42786 Unclear paragraph in strtotime()
Submitted: 2007-09-28 10:34 UTC Modified: 2007-11-21 15:21 UTC
From: yoavf at imagineersystems dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2007-09-28 10:34 UTC] yoavf at imagineersystems dot com 
Description:
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The documentation for strtotime is slightly confusing/run-on...
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The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), relative to the timestamp given in now, or the current time if none is supplied.
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At first glance, the paragraph appears to imply "The function [returns] the current time if none is supplied."

Reproduce code:
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The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), relative to the timestamp given in now, or the current time if none is supplied.

Expected result:
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The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), relative to the timestamp given in now, or the current time if none is supplied.

Actual result:
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The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format and will try to parse that format into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT). This is relative to the timestamp given in $now, or the current time if $now is not supplied/null/false.

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 [2007-11-21 15:21 UTC] vrana@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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