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Bug #81569 Relative time with decimal value
Submitted: 2021-10-30 10:25 UTC Modified: 2021-10-30 19:31 UTC
From: tm8544 at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 8.1.0RC5 OS: Windows 10 x64
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2021-10-30 10:25 UTC] tm8544 at hotmail dot com
Description:
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In PHP Manual
›Supported Date and Time Formats
›Relative Formats

number format is
[+-]?[0-9]+
, no decimal point included.

If number is given with decimal value, number should be cut before decimal point, eg "+1.5" should be read as "+1"
Now, it is read as "5"




Test script:
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<?php

// in examples below, this script was run at 30.10.2021

echo date("j.n.Y", strtotime("+1.5 year", time()));
echo date("j.n.Y", strtotime("-1.5 year", time()));

?>


Expected result:
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30.10.2022
// 1 year ahead

30.10.2020
// 1 year backwards

Actual result:
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30.10.2026
// This is 5 years ahead, not 1.5 years ahead

30.10.2026
// This is 5 years ahead, not 1.5 years backwards



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 [2021-10-30 19:31 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2021-10-30 19:31 UTC] requinix@php.net
You aren't seeing the full picture with just the date portion.

https://3v4l.org/gMsML

As with other miscellaneous inputs that don't have meaning to the parser, the decimal point acts as a separator, so "+1.5 year" means "+1" and then "5 year".

"+1" is a tzcorrection. https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.time.php
"5 year" is a relative amount. https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php

The result is +1 or -1 hour for the timezone correction and 5 years added to the date.
 
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