PHP :: Bug #4342 :: strftime thinks there is a week 53

Bug #4342	strftime thinks there is a week 53
Submitted:	2000-05-06 15:21 UTC	Modified:	2000-05-08 04:56 UTC
From:	jth at home dot se	Assigned:
Status:	Closed	Package:	Misbehaving function
PHP Version:	3.0.16	OS:	Linux Debian potato
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2000-05-06 15:21 UTC] jth at home dot se

Hello!

Try this
echo strftime("%W",mktime(0,0,0,12,31,2001));
It says 53  !!

In swedish..
Hej p? er!

Jag sitter och skriver lite p? en kalender.
S? s?ger den att det finns en vecka 53!

Jag anv?nder Debian Linux och versionen p? PHP ?r 3.0.16-2
-2 p? slutet ?r versionen p? debian paketet.

Inte ?r 2001 s?ker? :)

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[2000-05-08 04:56 UTC] hholzgra at cvs dot php dot net

well, 52 weeks of 7 days make a total of 364

but a year has 365 days, some have even 366

so we need a 53rd week to fit them in, alhough
it is not a complete one

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