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Bug #9519 Incorrect output from date function
Submitted: 2001-03-02 02:44 UTC Modified: 2001-03-04 20:01 UTC
From: djhouy at pmeconsulting dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 OS: Red Hat Linux 7.0
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-03-02 02:44 UTC] djhouy at pmeconsulting dot com 
the n option for date gives wrong value

date ("l, F d, Y") outputs Friday, March 02, 2001
date ("l, F n, Y") outputs Friday, March 3, 2001

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 [2001-03-02 09:28 UTC] sniper@php.net 
It's not wrong, it's exactly what it should be outputting.
Please read the manual page for date:

http://www.php.net/date

where it says:

n - month without leading zeros; i.e. "1" to "12"


--Jani
 [2001-03-02 11:16 UTC] cnewbill@php.net 
Jani,

I believe he is refering to the fact the dates are wrong numerically not typographically.

I get this same result too on PHP 4.0.4pl1 and 4.0.5-dev.

-Chris
 [2001-03-02 11:16 UTC] cnewbill@php.net 
My bad disregard...month...oops.
 [2001-03-04 18:34 UTC] lyric@php.net 
PHP is performing as documented. You want 'j' not 'n'. See the date manual page :

d - day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros; i.e. "01" to "31" 
j - day of the month without leading zeros; i.e. "1" to "31" 
n - month without leading zeros; i.e. "1" to "12"
 [2001-03-04 19:56 UTC] mrobinso@php.net 
Changing back to open.
This is a valid bug report.

The snippet provided outputs the following in
php-4.0.4pl1 and php-4.0.4dev:

Sunday, March 04, 2001
             ^^^^

Sunday, March 3, 2001
             ^^^

There can't be two Sundays in March, one on the 4th
and the other the 3rd. Not in PHP anyway. Maybe ASP.
 [2001-03-04 20:01 UTC] mrobinso@php.net 
On the other hand, if I read these reports more carefully
I would look less like an idiot.
 
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