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Bug #47735 strtotime "weekday" keyword yields false results on weekends
Submitted: 2009-03-20 17:17 UTC Modified: 2009-09-26 01:00 UTC
Votes:7
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.9
Reproduced:6 of 6 (100.0%)
Same Version:3 (50.0%)
Same OS:1 (16.7%)
From: jmccombs at bloosky dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 5.2.9 OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-03-20 17:17 UTC] jmccombs at bloosky dot com 
Description:
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In strtotime, using the keyword "weekday" to calculate a date yields false results when:
  - starting from a weekend date (including Friday)
  - AND end date lands on a weekend



Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
     echo date("Y-m-d", strtotime("2009-03-20 +5 weekday"))."\n";
     //EXPECT: 2009-03-27.  RETURNS: 2009-03-29


     echo date("l", strtotime("friday +5 weekday"))."\n";
     //EXPECT: "Friday".  RETURNS: "Sunday"


     ## Works fine as long as start date is not a weekend...
     echo date("l", strtotime("thursday +6 weekday"))."\n";
     //EXPECT: "Friday".  RETURNS: "Friday"

     ## ...OR end date does not land on weekend:
     echo date("l", strtotime("friday +4 weekday"))."\n";
     //EXPECT: "Thursday".  RETURNS: "Thursday"
?> 

Expected result:
----------------
2009-03-27
Friday
Friday
Thursday

Actual result:
--------------
2009-03-29
Sunday
Friday
Thursday

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 [2009-09-18 19:03 UTC] jani@php.net 
Please try using this snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:

  http://windows.php.net/snapshots/
 [2009-09-26 01:00 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
 [2009-11-09 15:39 UTC] inigoesdr+nospam at gmail dot com 
This appears to be fixed in PHP 5.2.11
 
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